QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Bracket (11) 9. Bullfighter (7) 10. Senior (5) 11. More unusual (5) 12. Refrain (7) 13. Cricket team (6) 15. Depart secretly (6) 18. Insensitive (7) 20. Rage (5) 22. Eject (5) 23. Board transportation (7) 24. Persistence (11)

Down

2. Awake (5) 3. Sanction (7) 4. Paving material (6) 5. Betting odds (5) 6. US state (7) 7. Unforeseen occurrences (11) 8. Relative (11) 14. Celestial phenomenon (7) 16. Stretchy (7) 17. At the back (6) 19. Young bird (5) 21. Bursary (5)