Independent on Sunday 998 by Quixote (29 Mar 2009)

Accessible puzzle from Quixote, solving time 17 mins.

* = anagram

4 BO (OT)Y

6 F RE EDOM

8 CON SIDE RED

9 Mungo PARK

10 HANSEL (and Gretel)

11 TARNIS H (in art’s)*

12 SELF-ABASEMENT (as feeblest man)*

16 EIDETIC i in (deceit)*

17 s(MARTIN)g

19 PRIM(e)

20 REVITALISE (live satire)*

21 RAN C(O)UR

22 RATTY Hidden

DOWN

1 MOS (S)ES

2 LEAD-FREE lead = leash

3 A D (APT) IVE

4 B (IOM) ASS Isle of Man

5 YODEL Hidden

6 FIRST-DAY COVER

7 M ARCH

13 LOD (G) MEN T

14 AFTER YOU V follows U in the alphabet

15 THIR(S)TY XXX = thirty in Roman numerals

16 E RR OR

17 MA(s)TER

18 (p)RELATE