Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. Company that came across a body in space (5)

4. Stop confronting defender that’s no longer being served (4,3) 8. Cook the joint using the right sort of oven (5)

9. Gather it in or Henry initially might starve (7)

10. Don’t start to curve at the finish (3)

11. Old Psalm comes in with 99 ahead of it (9)

12. The harbour is to the left of the ship (4)

13. Scheme that shows architect’s ideas laid flat (4)

18. Fond remembrance of the past again lost in such a way (9) 20. Fabulous bird to be steady as sound of (3)

21. Lack of movement as one near it can show (7)

22. Earlier he could have deputised for the abbot (5) 23. Pygmalion’s creation in cotton fabric (7)

24. If it’s close, stick it back, gobbling your starters (5)

DOWN

1. It is comparable to the writing of letters (13)

2. Wander aimlessly about and need arm to be re-set (7) 3. Very small irritation in the tummy, first and last (6)

4. How could he bind his rear? (6)

5. Poison that, with copper, is very uncommon (6)

6. A nymph was given nothing to study (5)

7. Go get it, bring it with you, and be a humble slave (5,3,5)

14. UK girl moving round the North and hanging furtively about (7)

15. No longer up to history, having sex appeal (4,2)

16. Lizard one gets with AA gun perhaps (6)

17. See Mum, paw out, getting bead-money (6)

19. It may be a magic way to name the letters (5)