Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

4. Neat drover (7) 8. Taunted for being in tatters (6) 9. Addresses given by clerks in the services (7)

10. See 18 Across

11. Charm a stubborn beast with the end of a carrot! (6)

12. About writing a religious decree (8)

18 & 10Ac. High churchman indicates the chief directions (8,6)

20. Distant meteor disintegrated (6)

21. Lizard again twisting round the centre of the bough (6)

22. It’s stuffy having no-one to succeed, we hear (7)

23. Seafood could provide strength, by the sound of it (6)

24. Direct mail (7)

DOWN

1. Materialists in business? (7)

2. Once more on the street in opposition (7) 3. Gambler having made some recovery (6) 5. Surgeon working at the switchboard (8)

6. A frame of mind to gratify by compliance (6) 7. A senior guide or rover (6)

13. Arouses passion in shocking scenes (8)

14. In imagination, it’s the beginning of life (7)

15. One who holds on to the hatchet (7)

16. Indeed, it could be gainsaid (6)

17. A hat for the one using the woods (6)

19. Ancient boat unearthed (6)