CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Parents had no pen for humanities (4)

3. Grand scale theft first and foremost (3)

5. It has a saintly ring to it (4) 9. Vehicle used t’bash into another vehicle? (4-3)

11. Cow skin, says the Eastender, has only two elements (one oxygen) (5) 12. Charges sister for money containers (4,9)

13. You do this to get a lot (6) 14. First of all simply place loops in certain eyelets to join rope (6) 16. Went over the bridge and back again – traitor! (6-7) 20. Can you see planes both ways with this? (5) 21. Blooming heat (7)

22. Spin a tale? (4)

23. Some freeholders are a bit long in the tooth (3)

24. The alien goes to the church to engrave (4)

Down

1. Craziest? No sir, just an old American (5)

2. The passage of Tristan (7) 4. Some Aspro given to young one (5)

6. Daredevil accident but returns not dead (5) 7. Supervise but miss some things (7)

8. Posh duo rue being concerned with homely appearance (5-5)

10. I corralled in the ranges (10) 13. A tidy hospital worker (7) 15. Astringent so Reg left in a flash (7)

17. The outcome of chewing cud derivative (5)

18. Darcy Riley also had another name (5)

19. It’s Greek to me when it is doubled (5)