Weekend Quick Cryptic 101 - Solution

Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce our series of Weekend Quick Cryptic crosswords. We take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's  Phil's turn. 

You can find a link to the 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. 

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Hints and tips...

Some hints and tips:

• The doctor in 10A is a TV character
• The actress at 3D was Canadian and died in 1979. She starred in Pollyanna (1920), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921), Little Annie Rooney (1925), My Best Girl (1927), Coquette (1929; her first talking picture), The Taming of the Shrew (1929), and Kiki (1931)
• 1D is the old name of various dry white wines from Spain and the Canaries.

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Solution and explanation of the answers...

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

Across
1 Unfortunate demise nearly begins for supporting players (7)
SIDEMEN – (demise)* [unfortunate] and first letter of Nearly.
5 Man from Norwich - a poet (4)
CHAP – Hidden in NorwiCH -A Poet
9 Cried out for a drink (5)
CIDER – (cried)* [out]. Nice one, Phil. My favourite.
10  Unspecified person always follows doctor (7)
WHOEVER – WHO (time-travelling doctor) EVER (always).
11 Show luggage - in these? (7,5)
DISPLAY CASES – DISPLAY (show) CASES (luggage).
12 Miraculously reveals soldier wrapped in coats (6)
MAGICS – GI  (soldier) in MACS (coats).
13 Move in favour of famous footballer cut short (6)
PROPEL – PRO (in favour of) PEL{e} (famous footballer) without the last letter.
16 Pole not skating in front of initially rude adjutant (5,7)
STAFF OFFICER – STAFF (pole) OFF ICE (not skating) and first letter of Rude.
19 Active and heavily attended (2,5)
IN FORCE – Double definition.
20 Make changes - at noon? (5)
AMEND – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint – AM END. Geddit?
21 Time for an American to take a trip? (4)
FALL - Cryptic definition.
22 Extremely neat African dictator takes part in trial (7)
TIDIEST – IDI (Amin; African dictator) in TEST (trial).
 
Down
1 Get rid of dry white wine (4)
SACK – Double definition.
2 Avoiding acting to accommodate head of BBC? (7)
DODGING - DG (Director General; Head of BBC) in DOING (acting).
3 Barmy army choose to cross old movie star (4,8)
MARY PICKFORD – (Army)* [barmy], PICK (choose) FORD (cross).
4 Cardinal not used to island (6)
NEWMAN – NEW (not used) MAN (island; Isle of Man).
6 In Perth I've sustained a nasty rash (5)
HIVES – Hidden in PertH I’VE Sustained.
7 Inspection of South American country's metal (7)
PERUSAL – PERU’S (South American country’s) AL (chemical symbol for Aluminium).
8 Can recondite construction be closely forced together? (12)
CONCERTINAED – (Can recondite)* [construction].
12 Dog's mother's spat (7)
MASTIFF – MA’S (mother’s) TIFF (spat).
14  Creeped out to arrive earlier (7)
PRECEDE – (Creeped)* [out].
15 Have a bearing on a very loud medical procedure (6)
AFFECT – A, FF (fortissimo; very loud) ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy; medical procedure)
17 Allowable? Not at first - that's shocking (5)
AWFUL – {l}AWFUL (allowable) without the first letter.
18 Upgrade mixed diet (4)
EDIT – (diet)* [mixed].