CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across 4. Type of person who could be a match!? (7) 8. Suitable mountain for a hangover? (3-3) 9. Tart act could lure the clients (7) 10. Georgia Doctor? It was a ploy (6) 11. Close séance? (6) 12. How to make a type of gap (5,3) 18. The downfall of the play – it is over (8) 20. Prove the non-existence of French bed (6) 21. Cop’s instruction to play it cool? (6) 22. Wind up to take away the heat (3-4) 23. Ape bird (6) 24. Gene & Tim went to assembly (7) Down 1. GI dusts off with strong dislike (7) 2. Trade me for some nonvegetarian produce (3,4) 3. It is a case of to or for (6) 5. The choice of the pair of rowers we hear (6,2) 6. A chore for the Roman poet (6) 7. Blame the account on the copper from the southeast (6) 13. Don’t stand up to so reverse to the bottom of the hill (4,4) 14. Fainter painting or music e.g. (4,3) 15. Appearances like glasses, so to speak (7) 16. Gadget of French debauchery? (6) 17. Aztec ludicrously returns with soothing sounds ... (6) 19. ... and burnt a strange hat (6)