CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 4. The old boy act was a bit risqué (7)

8. An upliftin’ fruit by the sound of it (6)

9. Gather into a circle in the mountains? To put in 11 (5,2) 10. Almost dead, we hear, and changing colour (6)

11. Lance corporal has no place to gather cattle (6)

12. Cook coat? It’s for the birds – well one anyway (8)

18. Just over a byte? That’s over the top (1,3,4) 20. Convince to help with 9 and put in 11? (4,2)

21. No newts in Switzerland – but a close relative (6) 22. Condign if you bestow some honour (7)

23. Erode with the French sound of leaves (6)

24. Booty is returned to the container – the one the spanners were in (7)

Down

1. Generate fruit and vegetables (7)

2. License to be golden. Shh!! (7) 3. Bread city (6)

5. Is 1 the cause of colic, Rob (8) 6. Island bird (6)

7. Make aunt go to get confectionery (6)

13. Donor fat wobbles back and forth (2,3,3)

14. He is not a Kiwi, Tau – he is from somewhere else (7)

15. Quiet milk producer causes vibration (7)

16. You may find fish in the bin too (6)

17. Drunken, Nelson gets in the dog box (6)

19. The opposite to “fall down”? It’s all the same to me (4,2)