Puzzle Solutions November 2019

Across

• 7 Absolute perfection of a crushed red pepper oil (5-3,5)
• 8 Ace Casanova acquires energy with a herbal remedy (4,4)
• 9 Agitated in the morning? No problem! (4)
• 10 A good alternative to arcade: outside Greek markets (6)
• 12 At the highest point of Croat optimism (4)
• 14 Article gets negative after a short while (4)
• 15 An artist absorbed in her work depicting a summit in Turkey (6)
• 18 Any top tune played backwards yields another song (4)
• 20 Airmail letter, aviator's cap or gear sent over by Bond's boss (8)
• 21 All and everything contained in letters to the Corinthians? (5,3,5)

Down

• 1 Ask for a lot of fruit with your starter (5)
• 2 A cause of irritation: it's left in general disarray (8)
• 3 Arise and call for a new direction (6)
• 4 Add oxygen that's consumed over time (6)
• 5 Amphitheatre has no dropping off zone (4)
• 6 Also unexpectedly took back mineral spray (7)
• 11 Apiary is oddly cool (3)
• 12 Anchor's free, by the sound of it, to play in competition elsewhere (4,4)
• 13 Anarchic girl in any confinement presents with outrage (7)
• 15 Audiovisual connection to a sailor's alter ego (6)
• 16 Announcer's bellowed like a donkey after a rub down (6)
• 17 All alternative restaurants garnish hot starters, alas! (5)
• 19 Arabic extremists added to the man's pain (4)