ACROSS
1 Turns aside (8)
5 Border on (4)
9 Compulsion (5)
10 Streaming out (7)
11 Deferral (12)
13 Frightened (6)
14 A random person (6)
17 Overdelicate (5-7)
20 Angler’s artificial fly (7)
21 French river (5)
22 Long tooth (4)
23 Lonely (8)
DOWN
1 Confront (4)
2 Enthusiasm (7)
3 Stimulating (12)
4 Excellent (6)
6 Salt water (5)
7 All at once (8)
8 Otherworldly (12)
12 A small monkey (8)
15 Expand (4,3)
16 Woos (6)
18 Wrong (5)
19 Proceed (4)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Peppermint, 7 Saltburn, 8 Vary, 9 Globe, 10 Storage, 12 Cayenne pepper, 15 Saltier, 17 Salty, 20 Salt, 21 Entreaty, 22 Peppercorn.
Down: 1 Pearl, 2 Potable, 3 Etui, 4 Monotype, 5 Never, 6 Brogue, 11 Knee-deep, 13 Ararat, 14 Placebo, 16 Tithe, 18 Titan, 19 Star.