CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. Scandinavian god gets an ax to get the body part (6) 8. Latitude drift (6) 9. Puts spinners back on the mark (4) 10. Hare lost in the small apartments (8) 11. Elderly can yodel with two, we hear (3,4) 13. Student comes in, ducks down, but gets splashes (5) 15. Assume no debenture with Bert (5) 17. What you may be taken into by the police (7) 20. Getting a fright at the beginning of a journey (8) 21. Teases the little animals (4) 23. Brushes down the wedding participants (6) 24. Furrow found in books (6)

Down

1. Worshipping some vessel (4) 2. Ruthless, bighead Albert gets out of the rut (6) 3. Force out, with no pretext, rudeness (7) 4. Plans the gardens (5) 5. Defile and it may become nasty (6) 6. Hose down sleeping equipment? (8) 12. Getting schooled for ages? (4-4) 14. Something at hand you put in its rack (7) 16. It would be radicle above ground – so pull it out (6) 18. Like immediately, then fight with (4,2) 19. Return from the alleyways pithed? (5) 22. Hindu etude with two instrumentalists (4)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Educated, 5. Bola, 9. Bier, 10. Geronimo, 11. Perch, 12. Therapy, 13. Inconsiderate, 18. Practise, 19. Verb, 20. On the go, 21. Train, 22. Ears, 23. Skewered.

Down: 2. Drive-in, 3. Curacao, 4. Electric shock, 6. Okinawa, 7. Acolyte, 8. Popeye, 13. Implore, 14. Charter, 15. Natter, 16. Reverie, 17. Termite.