Quick cryptic No 783 by Oran

I also raced through the 15×15 this morning (in comparison to my usual times), completing both puzzles before reaching Waterloo, which is also almost unheard of for me, and maybe indicates that today may be a good day for QCers to have a bash at the big puzzle.  Good luck with it.  (On edit, and having looked at early comments on the 15×15 blog, there are some snagaroonies on the 15×15 today, but they didn’t hold me up too much.  I must have hit a sweet spot, but the puzzle is well worth a try anyway, even if you don’t finish).

Thanks to Oran.

Across
3  Put up with daughter’s facial hair (5)
BEARD – To put up with is to BEAR, with D{aughter}
7  Elisha’s fancy woman (6)
SHEILA – Nice simple anagram, with ‘fancy’ as the indicator, of [ELISHA]
8  Bar’s story-teller returned (4)
RAIL – LIAR (story-teller) reversed
9  Toboggan going around field was glittering (8)
SPARKLED – The toboggan is a SLED which surrounds (goes around) PARK (field)
10  How I fish, holding what’s needed for net (2,2)
WI FI – Hidden answer (indicated by ‘holding’) in {ho}W I FI{sh}
11  Law has several changes: someone might be listening (5,4,4)
WALLS HAVE EARS – Another nice anagram, this time indicated by ‘changes’, of [LAW HAS SEVERAL]
15  Done with lace, perhaps cheaply (2,1,10)
ON A SHOESTRING – Nice surface here, with misdirection in the lace.  To do something ON A SHOESTRING is to achieve it with minimal resources or capital
16  Isle is something above us, close to lighthouse (4)
SKYE – …above us only SKY… (Thanks to John Lennon), with last letter (close to) {lighthouse}E
18  A farewell broadcast that’s worth the money (1,4,3)
A GOOD BUY – Broadcast here indicates a homophone, and A GOOD BUY sounds like a goodbye, or a farewell
20  The female’s a goddess (4)
HERA – HER as in the possessive or genitive adjective for she, with A (for a).  HERA is the goddess of women and marriage, so nice to see her making an appearance the day after International Women’s Day
21  Person not turning up food or water, initially (2,4)
NO SHOW – NOSH is the food (originally Yiddish I understand), with O{r} and W{ater} (initially indicating first letters)
22  Fashionable public transport making a comeback (5)
SMART – The public transport here is TRAMS reversed (making a comeback, which they are doing in some cities (Manchester, Edinburgh) in real life), with SMART being used as a synonym for fashionable, which is acceptable according to my Chambers

Down
1 Tea with nothing added for minister (8)
CHAPLAIN – If one had tea with nothing added, it could be described as CHA PLAIN.  CHA incidentally, is a favourite name for tea in crosswordland, and worth remembering.
2  Look hard, it’s said, for seaside attraction (4)
PIER – Another homophone clue, indicated by ‘it’s said’.  This time the answer sounds like peer, which is to look hard.
3  Hallo: boy’s created a fuss (8)
BALLYHOO – Anagram (indicated by ‘created’) of [HALLO BOY].  This reminded me of the old Wonderbra ad with the nice lady saying ‘Hello Boys’ which caused such a stir many years ago.  BALLYHOO is a slang term for a fuss or commotion.
4  Answer clear – and dry (4)
ARID – A{nswer} and RID (clear)
5  Come close to sketch new organ (4,4)
DRAW NEAR – DRAW is to sketch, with N{ew} and EAR (organ)
6  I quietly turned up a loud French singer (4)
PIAF – I for I and P for quietly, turned up (reversed in a down clue) with A (a) and F for loudly.  Pretty good going assembling four parts for a four-letter answer.  The answer of course refers to the PIAF of the Edith type, the darling of French cabaret, songwriter and actress.
12  Gal saves furiously for desert resort (3,5)
LAS VEGAS – easiest anagram of the day (indicated by ‘furiously’) of [GAL SAVES]
13  Five is total: that’s noble (8)
VISCOUNT – V for five (Roman numeral) with IS for ‘is’ and COUNT for ‘total’, the whole being the lower-middling rank of the nobility in various European countries
14  Bolt from exhaust? (3,3,2)
RUN OUT OF – Double definition.  To bolt is to run away from, or RUN OUT OF, and if one exhausts the supply of something, then one RUN’s OUT OF.
17  Some make enquiries, full of enthusiasm (4)
KEEN – Another hidden answer, this time indicated by ‘some’, hidden in {ma}KE EN{quiries}
18  Song from opera or a show coming up (4)
ARIA – This looks like it could be another hidden, but it isn’t.  A from ‘a’, with AIR (to show something, or give it an airing) reversed (coming up)
19  Very little hurry (4)
DASH – Double definition, as in a DASH of something, and to DASH away