CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1ac & 8dn. Its offspring will get blown away (11,7)

9. Fourth “TNT” memo brought you closer to D-Day (6,2,5)

10 & 20ac. Spread for supporter was off the menu ... (3,3)

11. ... just biscuits. You must be nuts! (8)

14. For no pence? Exceptional soup (6)

15. Will consist of where the Cockney found the longest feathers (6) 18. Yaks about the remains with Moslem leader masks (8)

20. See 10

23. Actually, in Algiers, a false move (2,5,2,4)

24. They will display all the bleeps (11)

Down

2. Creature found with the ground troop worker (4,3)

3. No cafe finances taverns (4) 4. No party comes with socially acceptable ring leader, Bob, and smells (6)

5. Observing that you won’t be decorating the cake (8)

6. Beam us eastward. That will be a bit funny (5)

7. Gamuts, oddly, will set the world clocks (3)

8. See 1 Across

12. An identical twin kitten? (7) 13. The UN leaves Mauritania with coffee drink (3,5)

16. We object to sailor I have found offensive (7)

17. There’s no ban on bearskins for the winter sportsmen (6)

19. Alas, returns with Sikh leader for a dance (5)

21. Sulphur (pound) found in a couple of ducks in the capital (4)

22. He may initially be on edge (3)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Divests, 5. Fugue, 8. Conveyor belts, 9. Tar, 10. Directory, 12. Celebs, 13. Kissed, 15. Coquetted, 16. UPS, 18. Point of honour, 20. Titan,

21. Endures.

Down: 1. Ducat, 2. Ventriloquist, 3. Spendable, 4. Spoors, 5. Fob, 6. Gallows humour, 7. Essayed, 11. Childhood, 12. Cockpit, 14. Stifle, 17. Sires, 19. Tan.