CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. He says what will be will be (8)

4. Find a portent on getting around me (4)

8. Ay, there’s the way to polish it, Hamlet (3)

9. It takes bitterness of medicine away from Argus (5)

10. Misinform one as to German song being incomplete (3)

11. Buys back pledge that may have seemed right at the start (7)

12. It is necessary to Slav: it always is (5)

13. Constraint Triton cries about (11)

17. One such as Calliope to divert one (5)

18. He gets and holds cheat who’s upset when in credit (7)

20. The saloon from which bench is chosen (3)

21. Mouthpieces for a doctor to see about (5)

22. Floating zoo returned from the Ukraine (3)

23. Periods of time will soundly stun one (4)

24. Dragons that turn north with the child of a child (8)

DOWN

1. Wild excitement to rue, for a change (6)

2. It is in cylindrical form, but it’s up to the editor (5)

3. Autographs more than one 4 (5)

5. Put malt out for one of mixed parentage (7)

6. Have to have the French to goad one (6)

7. Is strongly attracted to a vast tiger such as this (10)

9. It’s in the middle of the bullseye, love! (10)

14. Court official answers query the Queen might put to him (7)

15. Badly painted, it could turn out to be a dud (6)

16. It won’t work if it’s not kept like a promise (6)

18. Buck one up with food and entertainment (5)

19. Soundly appreciates how one conducts trial (5)