CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Capital, the way he judged in favour of Aphrodite (5)

4. Sin is — or might be — the making of a composer (7)

8. Make something up, or start your list (9)

9. Gilbertian Princess would help the first to be last (3)

10. Fact of being all, yet I’m no different (7)

12. A musical tie might damage one’s reputation (4)

14. He doesn’t believe in the rice being thrown (7)

17. Call a greeting if the comedown is hard (4)

18. Men who are there at the birth, one is told (7)

20. Hollow one’s hands for the trophy (3)

21. Ranking equally with 1 Across, as up for revision (4,5)

23. Keeps oneself out of sight, as one does sleeping on a futon (4,3)

24. From Tyre men brought back a hard mineral (5)

DOWN

1. Hip solo caliph composed, having a reconciled outlook (13)

2. Find a deep gulf in entering wild party (6)

3. One posted about ten lines (8)

4. A short marsupial (3)

5. Utters in easy assurance, upside down (4) 30/8

6. It will depend on it being freezing outside (6)

7. Try and bow us in, somehow, deep in thought (2,1,5,5)

11. How to give in idly around the East (5)

13. Follower of PC is idle anyhow (8)

15. It is not a complex medicinal herb (6)

16. Little Leslie can interview the person with the tenancy (6)

19. Work a leading lithographer does in stone (4)

22. Is not trained as a recruit (3) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 2. Climb 5. Obey 7. Emit 8. Needless 9. Advanced

11. Wide 12. Schizophrenic 15. Ages 17. Stocking

19. Cultural 21. Bail 22. Clip 23. Elder

Down: 1. Nomadic 2. Cut 3. Ionic 4. Breadth 5. Owl 6. Eased

10. Amiss 11. Wreak 13. Observe 14. Inn sign 16. Gruel

18. Oiled 20. Tap 21. Bar