NOT SO EASY

ACROSS DOWN ACROSS

1. Gave due recognition to its having become worth more (11)

8. It may be a bind, being rendered by vocalist with a lisp (5)

9. January 1st, and Hill is the chap on the door (7)

10. A number joining mad Carroll character for a talk (7)

11. Only half caring to return a metallic mass (5)

12. Picks top off, so gets one in (6)

14. Iron, for example, is jumbled: take no notice (6)

18. There's fish right inside the bird's beak (5)

19. Get nun, with last of cachou, to make an ointment (7)

21. Had pleasure with a girl in need of change (7)

23. It's a bore, and he's a wretch (5)

24. Didn't take so long to ponder being inconsiderate (11)

2394 DOWN

1. Indefinite or definite, word may consist of many words (7)

2. It takes a professional to be around at trial of wills (7)

3. Crew: some reel, perhaps (5)

4. The hurt is apparent where one finds empanelled member (6)

5. Shading can appear in the sound of a bell (7)

6. Finish one letter when I am little (3)

7. Suddenly break right inside a woman's vital statistic (5)

13. Though only half taking in fellowfighter, fox has been sighted (52)

15. To be a superintendent is what periscope will enable one to do (7)

16. Wrings out former wrongs in law (7)

17. Sportsman's companion for Lewis to follow (33)

18. Pathetic complaint one might expect from the woollyheaded (5)

20. The whole range of the forenoon contained in narrow passage (5)

22. A spout, black and propulsive (3)

1. Drown 4. Omnibus 8. Up to the minute 10. Loose 11. Cock 12. Urge 16. Ogled 17. Street corners 19. Distend 20. Demur

1. Doublecrossed 2. Out 3. Nettle 4. Oberon 5. Nailed 6. Blundered 7. Steeplechaser 9. Backwards 13. Cohere 14. Placid 15. Adored 18. Elm