CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Study one French revolving cylinder, it’s a puzzle (9) 6 Concise word for counsel (5) 9 Promoting and maintaining goodwill with people, uncles and aunts, etc (6,9) 10 Canines, they can be false (5) 11 Injurious speed? (9) 12 Help one suffering liquidation difficulties? (4,3) 13 During the tour, Diane was thoughtless (7) 15 Last bit user modifies lasts (7) 17 Tiredness ague fit could produce (7) 18 Test one has to last to be first in (9) 20 Praise old Old Testament character turning back (5) 22 How pen-p usher was insistent ?(7,3,5) 23 Discoloured sort of ruts on yacht initially (5) 24 Allowances for distances from equator (9)

DOWN 1 During fiasco, pity it has to suffer punishment (3,2) 2 Peer cared for loch with magnanimity (5-10) 3 Be near huge robin fluttering (9) 4 Not a well done piece of cheese on toast (7) 5 Cross islanders (7) 6 Most of kitbag decorated with waxed design (5) 7 Hiding innermost eccentricity when sane (2,4,5,4) 8 Try to catch item of cutlery, it isn’t very sharp (4,5) 12 Hard worker, retainer, one has some honey producers (9) 14 Where to take penalty immediately (2,3,4) 16 Sadly no movement of a church council (7) 17 New extraterrestrial experienced flood (7) 19 One cannot be sure in such a situation (5) 21 Many an American lily (5)