December 2018 Puzzles

Across

• 3 On the face of it is a mark, surprisingly clean (2,1,6)
• 7 Information moving fast overcoming speed of light (5)
• 8 If only rum could be used similarly (9)
• 9 Smooth from one end to another, the Welsh wear them (5)
• 10 Shiraz, say, read aloud recorded complaint (3,4)
• 13 What remains is former form of art (5)
• 14 Left fight after the first match (5)
• 16 Satyagraha - it is inherent to this country (5)
• 17 Revolutionary in almost all my efforts to transform ordinary into extraordinary (7)
• 21 Beast with one horn perhaps (5)
• 22 They get cracking for a new life! (9)
• 23 Country dance in which a ring is exchanged (5)
• 24 Gray / Gray Black resulting in an argument (4-5)

Down

• 1 A fun filled life initially at university (Eindhoven), content to leave with primarily zero accountability results in this psychological condition (9)
• 2 In the circumstances, humanists could become this (9)
• 3 The same old story - Asus dual driver first needs to be extracted (2,5)
• 4 Suppressing affection within is a mistake (5)
• 5 Indicator of Cockney's torment (5)
• 6 It’s a waste tract officer, no going back (5)
• 10 Grubby rough boy taken out for the game (5)
• 11 Hot pasty in foil tins? Silly (9)
• 12 Backless dress with very short cloak not exactly explicit? On the contrary! (9)
• 15 Longing for a drink? Try this cocktail (7)
• 18 Not the last to entertain, served up drink (5)
• 19 Dark-skinned date is taken for hot dog (5)
• 20 Spooner singing 'Gee Ma' for the press (5)