CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Little Charles married, creating a great gulf (5) 4. Makes oneself busy with antiquated dress features (7) 8. Substance providing a repast around start of teatime (5) 9. Toffee and cream Los Angeles produces (7)

10. How might it lug heads off? (3)

11. Twice as much cream in the milk will score forty (6-3)

12. Being stingy, managed to reverse around the East (4) 13. Deck members that can't be got back (4) 18. Excite but don't satisfy last in teablending (9)

20. There's something that slips back to side away from wind (3)

21. Bill is apparently singing well (7) 22. Ex-schoolfellow disturbed, yes, but follows orders (5)

23. Lady's counterpart gets arm in something wearable (7)

24. Pattern on tyre one will press with one's feet (5)

Down

1. Fail to materialise but count down, reaching zero (4,2,7)

2. Island is against posh inclusion in Georgia (7)

3. My French Dame has something wrong with her (6)

4. You'll be more cheerful if you hurry (4,2) 5. It's a way to go over and over a walk that's not taxing (6)

6. It's bound to show one motorway in being illuminated (5)

7. Quite collected, showing own ownership (4-9)

14. Merry old king had pin put in part of university (7)

15. In entering a horse, he has a military bearing on board (6)

16. Is giving up, at time to give up, saying nothing (6)

17. Get the story carried home at end-ofterm (6)

19. ‘What, ___? Hardly ever!' (HMS Pinafore) (5)