Previous cryptic solution
Across: : 1. Aristocratic 8. Insolent 9. Doom 11. Carve
12. Thimble 13. Muff 15. Left 19. Turbine 20. Order
22. Need 23. Escalate 24. Entertaining
Down: 2. Riser 3. Silver 4. Ornate 5. Trouble
6. Commentaries 7. Circumstance 10. Gin 14. Ferment
16. Fix 17. Persia 18. Domain 21. Drawn