THEQUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Slices of bacon (7) 5 Slightly wet (4) 7 Domestic fuel (3) 8 Inability to take a punch (5,3) 9 Linked railway carriages (5) 10 Hotel cook (4) 13 Fury (4) 14 Money reserve (4) 18 Prophet (4) 19 Oily fruit (5) 21 Lather (8) 22 Unwell (3) 23 Layer of paint (4) 24 Merit (7)

DOWN

1 Immediately (5,3) 2 Withstands (8) 3 Border or trim (6) 4 Grab (6) 5 Cleaning cloth (6) 6 Cooked animal flesh (4) 11 Well-known (8) 12 Military waking signal (8) 15 Absolute ruler (6) 16 Terrain (6) 17 Brags (6) 20 Extinct flightless bird (4)