Yesterday:

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ACROSS

1. Tan the forehead with the last of the sun (5)

4. Rural club one company can organise (7)

8. Foolish writer came back within it (5)

9. Group two ways involved, being adult (5-2)

10. Is expected not to finish an affair of honour (3)

11. MP not once involved in a part of it (9)

12. Pay close attention to an explanatory comment (4)

13. Fire-stone, but not firestone (4)

18. Several companies push the Latin boat out (9)

20. Time preceding event the National Trust omitted (3)

21. An opportunity for starting play (7)

22. An order the dictionary compiler uses (5)

23. Where courses are prepared in the nick perhaps (7)

24. Despite this block, wrote about it (5)

DOWN

1. An 11 part needed for construction of flats? (8-5)

2. With too much intake one will get too ‘ot (7)

3. Happen to see what water is above zero (6)

4. I’m getting by with Georgia and with one wife too many (6)

5. Plant non-u piece of bread in one’s soup (6)

6. Do a bit of surgery and clean it out (5)

7. Upper case character of a London landlord? (7,6)

14. First periodical to criticise an advance screening (7)

15. Parson’s domain has RIP written out for it (6)

16. Maiden got olive oil at first pressing (6)

17. Buy shares when wearing a singlet (6)

19. Stealing article Financial Times gives one (5)