Weekend Quick Cryptic 99 - Solution

Although The Times has bowed to pressure and started providing a Saturday Quick Cryptic crossword, my fellow TimesforTheTimes contributors Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce Quick Cryptic crosswords to fill the gap left by the Sunday Times not having one. The plan is for us to take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's Phil's turn. 

You can find a link to this week's crossword here and the answers below. Feel free to leave any comments or questions here as you would do on TfTT. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

Before looking at the answers, if you would like some additional help, click the label below.

Hints and tips...

Some hints and tips:

• In 21A Wilder is a surname.
• The president in 2D is American not French.
• For 3D you need to know the chemical symbol for silver.
• In 4D "be" is a link word not part of the definition

And click on this label to get the solution.

Solution and explanation of the answers...

Definitions  underlined in bold italics , ( Abc )* indicating anagram of Abc,  {deletions} and [] other indicators.

Across
1 Expect I can tape it somehow (10)
ANTICIPATE – (I can tape it)* [somehow].
8 Beef to follow soup? (6)
OXTAIL – OX (beef) TAIL (follow)
9 Consume within eating establishment (6)
INGEST – Hidden in eatING ESTablishment.
10 Not a fan of Dad's sister, I hear (4)
ANTI – Sounds like AUNTY (Dad’s sister).
11 Frayed, perhaps, and treated badly over time (8)
TATTERED – T (time) in (treated)* [badly].
12 Hearing, say, a quiet ring (6)
APPEAL – A P (piano; quiet) PEAL (ring).
14 Wife in marquee happy in the end to provide score (6)
TWENTY – W (wife) in TENT (marquee), happY [in the end].
16 Go by mountain pass earlier producing fall (8)
COLLAPSE – COL (mountain pass) LAPSE (go by).
18 Story starts to appear less exciting (4)
TALE – Initial letters of To Appear Less Exciting.
20 Sheep returning in wagon, I remember (6)
MERINO – reverse hidden in wagON I REMmember.
21 Wilder outskirts of Vienna or other European city (6)
GENEVA – GENE (Gene Wilder, film actor) [outskirts of] V{ienn}A.
22 He urges one to change in glass building (10)
GREENHOUSE – (He urges one)* [to change].
 
Down
2 President's refusal in Paris to accept one vote (5)
NIXON – I (one) X (vote) in NON (no; refusal in French).
3 Assume I find silver in pit (7)
IMAGINE – I, and AG (chemical symbol for silver) in MINE (pit).
4 I will shortly be unwell (3)
ILL – I’LL (I will abbreviated).
5 Philosopher is later to go mad (9)
ARISTOTLE – (is later to)* [go mad]. Read all about him here.
6 Bird of prey takes head off dog (5)
EAGLE -  {b}EAGLE (dog) without the first letter.
7 Feature turbulent past about the city (6)
ASPECT – EC (the city; post code of the City of London) in (past)* [about].
11 Elope, then order ring (9)
TELEPHONE – (elope then)* [order].
13 Agent comes back for first fitting (6)
PROPER – PRO (for) then REP (representative; agent) comes back] -> PER.
15 Take bite from it at one, surprisingly (3,4)
EAT INTO – (it at one)* [surprisingly].
17 Prone to telling fibs (5)
LYING – Double definition.
19 Amazingly Elvis is alive (5)
LIVES – [Amazingly] (Elvis)*.
21 Gnu shot with this? (3)
GUN - (Gnu)* [shot].