CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

3 Plots a course (9) 8 Egg-shaped (4) 9 Hit man (8) 10 Low or lower in rank or status (6) 13 Proportion (5) 14 African mammal (7) 15 Forbid (3) 16 Wild and disorderly (7) 17 Sister’s daughter (5) 21 Handsome youth (6) 22 Perforated pan (8) 23 Team trip (4) 24 Difficult job or task (4,5)

DOWN

1 Magicians (9) 2 Buttonhole flower (9) 4 Having knowledge (5) 5 Pancreatic hormone (7) 6 In addition, too (4) 7 Revise (4) 11 Part of the day (9) 12 Required (9) 14 Talk incessantly (3) 15 One who constructs houses (7) 18 Slice meat (5) 19 Settee (4) 20 Bucket (4)