CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8. Hols a disaster due to many fish (5) 9. Litter all, we hear, when true to fact (7) 10. Expected as Ed held maths problem (7) 11. Type about first great African country (5) 12. Follow bit – it’s added onto the end (9) 14. Knight’s title is about right (3) 15. Demand not to begin task (3) 16. Again mind gulps of Chinese dish (9) 19. Chum and central person (5) 21. Hiked and talked on and on (7) 23. Sack Sid for turning on young woman (7) 24. Goes out with sticky fruit (5)

DOWN

1. Sal turns on ant on an angle (6) 2. Adhere to Joy for computer game controller (8) 3. Sad when left covered in sticky stuff (4) 4. Promise to softly put on ledge (6) 5. Ale there stirred up to be light and airy (8) 6. Marty isn’t initially creative (4) 7. Later go to south with former cricketer Michael (6) 13. Too pernickety to move inept cad (8) 14. Vests for dateless people put on old model (8) 15. Has dip stirred for garden pests (6) 17. Ran endlessly in moss bog (6) 18. Sit about after sad, cruel person (6) 20. Tom’s new position gets the greatest number (4) 22. Moe swallows first drink with style (4)