CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 7 & 10ac.

Dehumidifier with door open or closed? (6,8)

8. Clutching clam mysteriously. It’s cold and damp (6)

9. Old rubber city (4)

10. See 7

11. Postage goes via East GPO for secret police (7)

13. The in flavour, “pecan” is everybody’s favourite (5)

15. There’s work in England to think about (5)

17. Does being wealthy get Elton up in a frenzy (7)

20. Cookie girls (8)

21. Endless dirt can become awful (4)

23. Global organisation in the ship gets an alien at the end of the day (6)

24. Surprisingly, Lilian & Abraham are briefly to blame (6)

Down

1. Tie-dyeing Genie is out and everything is ship-shape (4)

2. Instruct uninterrupted (6)

3. Urge trophies to be used at breakfast (3,4)

4. Extent seen at a greater distance on the tele (5)

5. Prohibition gets disapproval and makes a monkey of it (6)

6. Incarcerate cheeky rascal who then gets irons arranged (8)

12. A temp or I umpire in the marketplace (8)

14. One of a dozen to lapse in a bad way (7)

16. The most up to date from some quarters (6)

18. Diarise music session to avoid pile up? (3,3)

19. Jack-in-the-purse? (5)

22. As lazy as Eric (4)