CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across
1. Pain’s bad if I get neurological impairment (5,6)
9. Water source allocated and attractively equipped (4-9)
10. Talk about the return of the sack (3)
11. On retirement you may see them in all four corners (8)
14. Dante quit undauntedly but in an improper manner … (6)
15. … and lacking social grace left France (6)
18. Did a back-track on the footwear (4-4)
20. A painting work was found in the apartment (3)
23. What bakers go on when they down tools? (7,6)
24. What happened to the actor hit by a falling prop? (5,6)
Down
2. Hornless tree? (7)
3. Bread found in Argentina and India (4)
4. Have a look at a farmer’s girl whose stock went missing (2,4)
5. Blonde performance? It was all above board (4,4)
6. Shows excessive fondness for teenybopper barred entry (5)
7. Some canary yellow, lemon coloured bird (3)
8. Dyes soy. It was a bit of a mission (7)
12. The sound of rifles burning? (7)
13. Student is into polishing up on being deceitful (8)
16. One of 52, I get current heart problem (7)
17. They are a hit in the jungle (6)
19. Tavern lease, we hear, at small bay (5)
21. A Costa Rican hero (4)
22. Create a marsh with iron and nitrogen (3)