Daily crossword CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

4 Felt rib, found nut (7)

8 It provides cover for

the pupil (6)

9 Casual worker not on

duty (7)

10 Draw out that it's

lawful out East (6)

11 I take a long time acquiring objects of worship (6)

12 No sedentary status (8)

18 Game for long suffering individuals? (8)

20 Repeatedly strike the

man at the wicket? (6)

21 An amount of loose

change at sea (6)

22 Keep back from 1 (7)

23 First-class letter produced by reference to introductory book

(6)

24 Take a chair, but observe standing orders (7)

Down

1 About poetry? The

opposite! (7)

2 Claimed a tenth (7)

3 Given sympathy when mixed diet follows last portion of scampi (6)

5 Trying to get away by

air (2,6)

6 Have a topping job (6)

7 Messenger on course,

perhaps (6)

13 I am conclusively show

to be better (8)

14 Tells how a school may

be (7)

15 Normal reproof for

students? (7)

16 Move rapidly in one's

profession (6)

17 Emphasise the strain

(6)

19 Being a member of the

company, is weak (6)