Difficulty: medium
Again, just a quick summary of the more interesting/challenging ones. I suppose
this will likely become a habit - it takes too much time to type them all up all the time!
Across
20. Part of one's defence in boats, perhaps
Bastion [anagram]: of "in boats". A bastion is a protruding fortification from a castle's wall that enables an attack from the side against anyone attacking the walls.
22. Almost drain a pitcher
Ewer [deletion]: A drain can be a "sewer"; remove the "S" to get ewer.
Down
2. A nutcase?
Cranium [cryptic]: Your brain is your "nut". This took a while to figure out.
3. Widespread emotionalism at the church service?
Mass hysteria [cryptic]: the clue seemed a little weird to me: "mass" is clued twice (widespread and church service), but hysteria only once.
6. Plea for bail to be arranged, I conclude
Alibi [anagram]: of "bail", plus "I" at the end. Plea as a definition for alibi seems a little tenuous to me.
7. Controlling factors
Managers [cryptic?]: A factor can be an agent (like a manager).
12. King and priest qualified to be trustworthy
Reliable [charade]: I had to look this one up: King = R + Priest can be "Eli" (a priest in the Bible) + able = qualified.
19: Become extremely ragged
Fray [cryptic?]: Not sure if there's anything more to this than the (cryptic?) definition.
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