CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. How Deb cries in order to tell one how it is (8)

4. Top action doctored to give it a slant (4)

8. Some come overland, returning to a creek in Orkney (3)

9. If use is made of it, publish it (5)

10. It’s quite convenient, having a gumshoe inside (3)

11. Wise man takes the Sun, which upsets the moon (7)

12. It’s not in slang that corruption occurs (5)

13. Wasteful extravagance: do pity a girl who gets it wrong (11)

17. A natural aptitude sounds as if it will blaze forth (5)

18. A one-way device the cart is adapted for (7)

20. An individual who is in the money (3)

21. Take this building over to be markedly superior (5)

22. Song that starts after it’s recorded (3)

23. It is one’s proper business to be collected by customs (4)

24. Left tray around with the soft soap (8)

DOWN

1. Work out a way of getting it sieved (6)

2. It may be a trick, to name the letters (5)

3. As it appears in the wine store, one may wash in it (5)

5. By Jingo, he’s to part one from it (7)

6. Critical subtlety, etc, one found in New York (6)

7. Art, violent as it can be, may be used to introduce fresh air (10)

9. Excessive term media might use about nothing (10)

14. Chemical test substance turning green at mixing it (7)

15. Manage to pay for fad perhaps (6)

16. Violent as tempest at end of February (6)

18. Wheel on spur has its role to play around the West (5)

19. A strong pull needed to get one out of the avenue (5)