February 2022 Puzzles and Solutions

Across

• 1 Ohio and Nevada, say, and a British island approve of good leadership (13)
• 8 Once again, organises holiday accommodation (7)
• 9 Cautious but barbed imitation backfired somewhat (5)
• 10 Reprocessed nuts with added salt for those who came first (12)
• 12 For example, good pelt (3)
• 14 Flexible stilt leans (5)
• 16 Refuse to admit position (3)
• 17 More than one opener performing randomly sings, "Lord, I do!" (7,5)
• 21 Shade loving irises lying amid carrot tops (5)
• 22 Scottish biscuit at a coke works (7)
• 23 They wrote out of stress or bet in reshuffle (6,7)

Down

• 1 Unexpectedly predicts what's written down (8)
• 2 Passage is soaked in beer (5)
• 3 Hemingway, say, haunted by a grave (7)
• 4 Divers lose masculine bent (13)
• 5 Bed, for example, could be made up with three of these (5)
• 6 Base of Byzantine memorial overlooking Spain (7)
• 7 Tales of speed dating (4)
• 11 A bit of displeasure as sessions go over (8)
• 13 Astronomer devoured by Bengali leopard (7)
• 15 Calms down girlfriends from Kent, possibly (7)
• 18 Tube is blocked by a coin (5)
• 19 Talk originally on art movement with energy (5)
• 20 Stick tip of lance into young animal (4)