CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. You will need decorums, pa, in the building process (4,6)

9. Heartless warehouseman gets time for the cart (5)

10. No raid on custard pies but is in the police enquiry (7)

11. Assured about personal ghost? (4-9)

12. Military police get the painting back on a hike (5)

14. Greeting with a halo, halo (5) 19. “Thief scares” or scares thief (7,6)

22. Somehow I cannot be kept in (7) 23. Karate expert goes to the church ball (5)

24. This allows you to get something right for something wrong (6,4)

Down

2. Gaunt to a degree (7)

3. She’s a stuck up page girl? (3-2) 4. Do we need to do this to become bosses (6)

5. He sounds like a bit of a fidget (7) 6. No brie found in the breweries only jugs (5)

7. We hear it’s bound to happen (6) 8. Southwest is someplace initially of this nationality (5)

13. The measurement of agile me (7) 15. He was a difficult case to crack … (4,3) 16. … at least you can count on this (6)

17. Ben & Uri maybe from here (6)

18. Wakes up wonky (5)

20. Different strokes for old folks (5)

21. Loaded to the hilt with the French study (5)