ACROSS
1 Opening theatrical performance (5-5)
7 Pipe mender (7)
8 Marine growth (5)
10 Fissure (4)
11 Part of city off-limits (2-2,4)
13 Rope (6)
15 Middle Easterner (6)
17 Undeserved (8)
18 Bluster (4)
21 Call up (5)
22 Italian cheese (7)
23 Actor’s replacement (10)
DOWN
1 Muff lines (5)
2 Red gem (4)
3 Excite (4,2)
4 Live __, ____live luxuriously (2,6)
5 Mass of fish eggs (4,3)
6 Arouse hope (anag) (5-5)
9 Principal actor (7,3)
12 Relieve (8)
14 Information (7)
16 Singing group (6)
19 Rodent-infested (5)
20 Unbleached linen colour (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 7 Psyche, 8 Horace, 9 Haar, 10 Allusion, 11 Venice, 12 Engulf, 14 Canyon, 17 Plaice, 19 Schnapps, 21 Umbo, 22 Grilse, 23 Outlet.
Down: 1 Escape, 2 Scarcity, 3 Behave, 4 Shelve, 5 Orbs, 6 Scroll, 13 Graduate, 15 Accord, 16 Nipper, 17 Pastor, 18 Cables, 20 Null.