Quick crossword

ACROSS

1. Large group (4)

3. Excited (8)

9. Go backwards (7)

10. Refer decision to authority (5)

11. Times long past (4,4,4)

14. Existing for the first time (3)

16. Social class (5)

17. Sun (Spanish) (3)

18. Planned in advance (12)

21. Pale (5)

22. Avert (7)

23. Fitting (8)

24. Daze (4)

DOWN

1. Negotiates (8)

2. Wakeful devotion (5)

4. Possesses (3)

5. Regardless of (12)

6. Mourns (7)

7. Idolise (4)

8. Substitutes (12)

12. Pried (5)

13. Beat (8)

15. Revere (7)

19. Large area of land (5)

20. Molten rock (4)

22. Choose (3)