DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

1. Serious accusation concerning burial fee (5,6) 9. Concerning newspapers

to keep under control (7) 10. Swell person who operates

on leaving (5) 11. Deny nothing wrongly done by senior member (5) 12. Stung by an abstainer finding 50 in want (7) 13. Vegetable producing sticky stuff in shelter from wind (6) 15. Girl finds help amongst adult males (6) 18. Leave an orchestra with no backer (7) 20. Cried for a drink (5) 22. 100 get Heather to behave like Ivy (5) 23. Issue of charge after tide has turned (7) 24. Torn apart: see letting charge below (4,7)

Down

2. The answer is not a repeat fixture (5) 3. Energy surrounding volcano in Asia (7) 4. Coin as used in gaming house (6) 5. An advantage in the way it's planted (5) 6. Clothing was first misrepresented (7) 7. As played in the month for putting on ... (6,5) 8. ... band for union (7,4) 14. Tearing out rock (7) 16. Lots going (7) 17. If not almost without sunshine (6) 19. What a number may do to the garden? (5) 21. Doctor, I possess energy! (5)