CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Get one out, and one may get a cold (5) 4. The lion man might have been, in name alone (7) 8. Very young birds may be silent about non-u guns perhaps (9) 9. Forcibly pull back the alimentary canal (3) 10. Let one back in to admire form at table-top (7) 12. It’s strength of character the Scots are great at (4) 14. A shot at alternative technology that will be alluring (7) 17. Find fault with vehicle parking (4) 18. Is being of assistance to what one is served (7) 20. Ice cream yolk starts by being chilly (3) 21. To womanise with her, and lip that gets split (9) 23. No French post is put out without a halt (7) 24. Could need about a thousand to correct (5)

DOWN

1. It says the opposite to cantor, maybe, and the way he speaks (13) 2. An Italian who can’t be upset by American entry (6) 3. A wife will assist her husband (8) 4. She might equally turn up in a convent (3) 5. To sum up, potassium may be used in perfumery (4) 6. It is the way one is, with nakedness (6) 7. For example, find the girl moving about when likely to shoplift (5-8) 11. The cogs to which one is fully armed (5) 13. The waste of slops from pails leg is responsible for (8) 15.It could draw a cry no different from this (6) 16. Glider that could be used to hold one in (6) 19.A pimple might tarnish one’s reputation (4) 22. One politician may be a bit of a devil (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 2. Comic 5. Mice 7. Mild 8. Unplaced 9. Obedient 11. Hump 12. Repeat oneself 15. Opal 17. Converge 19. Complied 21. Pray 22. Vend 23. Egret

Down 1. Dribble 2. Cod 3. Mauve 4. Capstan 5. Moa 6. Cream 10. Dwell 11. Haste 13. Tactile 14. Luggage 16. Probe 18. Nadir 20. Pad 21. Pat