CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Irreparably cracked egghead? (6‑6) 8 Fundamental having bachelors in charge (5) 9 Letters in the sky? (7) 10 Domesticated, thanks to me (4) 11 After army retreats, Crusoe moves furthest from the estuary (2,6) 14 Daughter included in summary by military policeman (6) 15 Pixie king entering by the church tower (6) 17 Model vehicles aren’t its components (5,3) 18 Crustacean counter – number on the rise (4) 21 Lie with ribs broken, provoking laughter (7) 23 Caught by unidentified clergyman (5) 24 Flout rational changes inside, causing price cuts (12)

DOWN 1 Addiction hard? Slightly! (5) 2 Large amount I made irregularly from TV, press etc (4,5) 3 Pin down saddle etc (4) 4 Draws up gusts of wind, audibly (6) 5 Red Ed left high and dry? (8) 6 Leaves, going to pot! (3) 7 Tired agent went round shelter (6) 12 Votes for official cropped and destroyed (9) 13 Man‑eater can nibble noisily (8) 14 Become weary again, so don’t work again (6) 16 The Spanish in cult that’s exclusive (6) 19 Flexible when next to interior finish (5) 20 English church with zero sound reverberation (4) 22 The girl he’s bamboozled (3)