Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Smash into pieces (7) 5 Country road (4) 7 City in Florida (5) 8 Pointless (6) 10 Level (4)

11 Quip (3-5) 13 Songbird (6) 14 Allied (6) 17 Shrub; colour (8) 19 Certain, positive (4) 21 Ghost (6) 22 Keyboard instrument (5)

23 Persian ruler (4) 24 Making a play on words (7)

Down

1 Porgy and Bess song (10) 2 Non-professional (7) 3 Outing; stumble (4) 4 Reimburse (6)

5 Not to mention (3,5) 6 9 Lullaby (6-4) 12 Amaze (8) 15 Destructive high wave (7)

16 Chess piece (6) 18 Circumference (5) 20 Frank; not closed (4)