Weekend Quick Cryptic 156 - 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 Sawbill'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...

Here are a few hints and tips.

• In 1A the Doctor is a fictional character.
• In 19A the "way of working" is an abbreviation for a two-word Latin term.
• 21A is a double definition.
• The salad in 1D contains walnuts and "picked up" is a "sounds like" indicator.
• 11D is a cryptic definition.
• In 13D the first of the two definitions is a cryptic hint.
• The artist in 18D was German.

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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 Doctor overheard wondering about TV schedule (6)
WATSON – Sounds like [overheard] WHAT’S ON (wondering about TV schedule).
4 With no sugar anywhere near (5)
LOCAL – LO-CAL (with no sugar).
7 Dad chopped up almond (3,3)
OLD MAN – [chopped up] ( almond )*.
8 Incentive to produce vegetable (6)
CARROT – Double definition.
9 A little dhow left in bay (4)
HOWL – Hidden in [a little] d HOW L eft.
10 Oddly sign name giving explanations (8)
MEANINGS – [Oddly] ( sign name )*.
12 Sort finance out, as an example (3,8)
FOR INSTANCE – ( sort finance )* [out].
17 Starts to be sick also, we hear, and stops ship ? (6,2)
HEAVES TO – HEAVES (starts to be sick) + TO, sounds like, [we hear], TOO (also).
19 Way of working with small cuts (4)
MOWS – MO (Modus operandi; way of working) + W (with) + S (small).
20 Value of a horse? (6)
AMOUNT – A + MOUNT (horse).
21 They admit people with titles ? (6)
OWNERS – Double definition.
22 Leave Croatian city (5)
SPLIT – Double definition.
23 Goes round on some transport (6)
CYCLES – Double definition.
 
Down
1 Salad picked up behind a brick enclosure? (7)
WALDORF – Sounds like [picked up] WALLED OFF (behind a brick enclosure).
2 One who flips glass (7)
TUMBLER – Double definition.
3 Decorations ten Romans concocted (9)
ORNAMENTS – ( ten romans )* [concocted].
4 Grasp Shakespearean King Henry's essence (5)
LEARN – LEAR (Shakespearean King) + middle letter, [essence], of HeNry.
5 Really bad church with Ron in charge (7)
CHRONIC – CH (church) + RON + IC (in charge).
6 Up-to-date tales revised over time (6)
LATEST – T (time) in ( tales )* [revised].
11 Interest in stars of the future (9)
ASTROLOGY – Cryptic definition.
13 Spread placed here possibly in winning streak (2,1,4)
ON A ROLL – Double definition, the first a cryptic hint.
14 New loan I'm arranging in name only (7)
NOMINAL – ( n loan I’m )* [arranging], with N for NEW.
15 Sex worker (not extremely eager) cycles from the factory (2,5)
EX WORKS – SEX WORK{er} without the outside letters [not extremely] of EageR, [cycling].
16 Loads of fish in shallow water (6)
SHOALS – Double definition.
18 Artist mistakenly sent over river (5)
ERNST – R (river) in  [mistakenly] ( sent )*.