GENERAL CROSSWORD

▶ Across 1. European capital (5) 4. Countrified (6)

8. Flavouring from umbelliferous plant (7) 9. Soft leather from California (5) 10. Handle, deal with (5) 11. Long-handled frying-pan (7)

12. Send back (6)

14. Categorised (6) 17. Soothsayers (7)

19. Broadly, slowly (mus) (5)

21. Tracks (5)

22. Solicitous (7) 23. Rabbit-hunting animal (6) 24. Having a film of dirt (5) ▶ Down 1. Slab used in interior building (12) 2. Lift (5)

3. Refuge (7)

4. Red or white salad plant (6) 5. Commandments Mount (5) 6. Skewered, pierced (7)

7. In an over-meticulous way (12) 13. Around four in the afternoon (7) 15. At ease, taking it easy (7) 16. Angling cross-wise (6) 18. Concentrated light beam (5) 20. Uprisings (5)