Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

6 Weird bird’s nest, by the sound of it (5) 7 Shout loudly for second dairy product (6) 9 Artist’s chicken (7) 10 Power of small child, say (5) 11 Jacob’s twin getting stuck into the sausages (4) 13 Reason to transform Spanish lady (6)

15 View building plot, say (5) 16 Suit those covered in soil? (6) 17 Tommy therefore included fable (4) 20 Superior, British in flying boat (5)

22 Without girl I held, I’m so sad! (3,2,2) 23 Pandemonium when sailing boat enters ancient city (6) 24 Woo love, in short (5)

DOWN

2 1 Make causingFor returning examplebeer, uproarbirdssay, about then(5) (8) to laugh,view 3 Don’t exploitativestart thinking(5) about being 4 Mutter obscurely about piano and brass instrument (7) 5 Cooking vessel good for attack of hunger (4) 6 American route ahead of system, say (10) 8 Fondness for a linked file (10) 12 Part of North Island belongs to him (3) 13 The girl he’s bamboozled (3) 14 Long journey, not unknown to us, for ancient king (8) 15 Once it’s organised, there’s a bit (7) 18 Lots of bees, small and sunkissed? (5) 19 Verbally spoil this French survey (5) 21 Dances a little and grasp Obama’s back (4)