CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Five receive sign of

defence (11)

9 Flower could be a big

one (7)

10 A bit of quiet, say (5)

11 Heading for recognition of nobility (5)

12 Trooped round naval

missile (7)

13 Bear witness during

trial (6)

15 Perhaps played wind instrument ornamented with grooves (6)

18 Crush strangely alert

MP (7)

20 Glare in a royal way (5)

22 Frequently to one

decimal place (5)

23 Feels the cold from

splinters (7)

24 Supplication in

revolution? (6-5)

Down

2 At home acquired

metal bar (5)

3 Bull's eyes get 500

and good meals? (7)

4 Hurry after a hundred

to become virtuous (6)

5 He drinks and reaches the summit with hesitation (5)

6 Be a glutton in charge

of tea-making (7)

7 Visionary notion of sailors being given means of propulsion (11)

8 Not the best pupils,

presumably (6-5)

14 Pamphlet or farm

vehicle (7)

16 Rather big girl has to

reform (7)

17 A terse problem (6)

19 Open nylon purse and

find coin in it (5)

21 In Rome, see great

birds rising (5)