October 2021 Puzzles and Solutions

Across

• 1 Sorting out my tastes another way before I spill the beans (13)
• 8 Get rid of burnt residue I throw back inside (7)
• 9 Auntie oddly takes on particle (5)
• 10 Method of killing a cleric thrice failed (8,5)
• 12 Years are rolled back (3)
• 14 Roamed around lacking love's aspiration (5)
• 16 Measure endless bells (3)
• 17 Vendor's permit accepted in various stations surrounding hotel (4,9)
• 20 Hence even cooking oil has bacteria (1,4)
• 21 I twice came across Lear's mad countryman (7)
• 22 It’s irrelevant, volatile and it’s used in photography (6,7)

Down

• 1 Lack of form strangely pleases heartless outsiders joining head (13)
• 2 Eldest on entry contributes fourteen pounds (5)
• 3 Removed compound adjective lacking joins and capitals (7)
• 4 Open wide and say it after queue in audition (3)
• 5 Biblical character is a retired accountant (5)
• 6 Copy one couple without it (7)
• 7 Accepted small three-wheeler when everyone stops working (7,6)
• 11 Emits unexpected things (5)
• 13 A kiss, pivotally, for luck will finish amphibian (7)
• 15 Rodent has to get to grips with sinking ship (7)
• 18 Female relative discussed going in pursuit of Asia’s top spice (5)
• 19 Johnson finally enters space where gladiatorial combats are the norm (5)
• 21 Guesthouse in Norway (3)