CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. The moment viper turns, a better condition will be seen (11)

7. It’s unwholesome, so no eleven will make a u-turn (7)

9. A black mark for material that’s very blue (4)

11. An early British airliner would arrive on time (5)

12. German songs one got elder to compose (6)

14. Mint is upset about way to furnish it, lacking foresight (11)

18. Bandit is obviously not one related by marriage (6)

20. Previous decapitation showing the sea-ear (5)

22. Search in the dirt for some food (4)

23. Bears witness to Terriers’ reverse when on trials (7)

24. Didn’t consider it so much to be a description of 14 (11)

DOWN

2. Make the most of a mix perhaps, and keep quiet about it (7)

3. Flower-holder that turned up in the Savoy (4)

4. Called me, and was confused about it (5)

5. Refuse to pay to seek admittance (5)

6. It’s a lie that the South has gone Conservative (5)

8. Rake with bout of ‘flu, say, whose general onset is seen (8)

10. I’d months to prepare for it, after all (8)

13. Plant starts in Virginia yearly (3)

15. Seems in trouble with retributive justice (7)

16. Will go steadily ahead and falsify the documents (5)

17. Will not keep to the same side if angered (5)

19. Finger one for a hand-out? (5)

21. May be hot-headed, having an 8 of spots (4)