CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. Those who want to become principals may lose their mind? (6)

8. Clothier found in the rialto, perhaps … (6)

9. … is bound to return some skeleton keys (4)

10. Hyperactive person could give you a shock! (4,4)

11. Shellfish I found wrapped in the Beano, Al (7)

13. Plausibly Paul went away and became a woman (5)

15. Quakerism is not the same as mannerism (5)

17. Include train track as part of the territory (7)

20. The imponderableness of no pressman being this lazy (4,4) 21. Privileged but a bit nasty (4) 23. The paddle trade reportedly could be a mission (6)

24. Stipulated no list for revision (6)

Down

1. If you don’t have one you cannot buy even one (4)

2. To some of the stuntmen talent scouts it is all in the mind (6)

3. Becoming confused? Chuck in a fish (7)

4. Two short ways you can make notes on and between the lines (5)

5. It is the same distance, wherever you start from (6)

6. An attendant of the queen who looks for flattery (8)

12. Bus door I opened to women’s bedrooms (8)

14. Conceal moving picture without timing (5,2)

16. Smoked out with smell? (6) 18. State where Kevin, Eva, Daniel and Caroline hailed from (6)

19. Irregularly strange, Christopher … (5)

22. … allows to rent (4)