Yesterday

Across: 1 & 24ac. The cheque’s in the mail, 8. Malaria, 9. Babel, 10. Retie,

11. Turn up, 13. Nicest, 15. Candid, 18. Rwanda, 20. Squib, 23. In-law, 25. Spirit levels.

Down: 1. Tamarind, 2. Eclat, 3. Hardens, 4. Quartz, 5. Ember, 6. In bound,

7. Ply, 12. Oddballs, 14. Cowslip, 16. Austere, 17. Rat-tat, 19. Newer, 21. Usage, 22. Ail.