CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Day return, London Underground, making first appearance (5) 4. Moral consideration once carried very little weight (7) 8. Their links with their work had to remain unbroken (5,4) 9. East Indian matting may be turned either way (3) 10. An assembly that could get me in trouble (7) 12. It is not at all good to be feeling the pinch (4) 14. It meant home to the soldiers by getting around the lamp (7) 17. The small measure of an island in Scotland (4) 18. The twisting of roots in a disorderly way (7) 20. One takes it so badly that one isn’t well (3) 21. The complex way it can tire of it (9) 23. The beginners’ slopes are where the plants are reared (7) 24. Get re-admitted in order to receive one (5)

DOWN

1. Blend of Medoc taking place in decay (13) 2. It’s impudent, the way Arizona was taken in by a gun (6) 3. It may be touched by bleating about it (8) 4. In S Africa, Pretoria capital is a healthy spot (3) 5. It is all the fashion to be furious (4) 6. He is a regular customer, the restaurant owner in France (6) 7. It is meant to amuse one, the having of guests (13) 11. Leg-of-mutton to turn up after a one-night engagement (5) 13. Bird found piling around the bridge pier (8) 15. Like a ladder constructed by rascal (6) 16. If a leg is broken, winter feed may be required (6) 19. A row of squares should make it smoother for one (4) 22. An essay may score five before conversion (3)