CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Quickly went when Lebanon’s tree was put out (5) 4. Pour it on pie for slapstick (7) 8. The nature of somebody in a novel situation (9) 9. The driver’s right to be going away (3) 10. Colouring orange piece meant a loss (7) 12. Constant traffic starting on a street overseas (4) 14. Stays with the corpse (7) 17. Get double back on mere return (4) 18. It sounds as if one will make money out of Amos, say (7) 20. It may have been Indian marijuana (3) 21. Obsession with fire no pair may make up (9) 23. Resentment at failure, gone awry (7) 24. Settle where freemasons will meet (5) DOWN 1. Surrendered for second time and went back over main points (13) 2. Put new life in one’s battery for a fee (6) 3. How it fed a need to be rendered unhearing (8) 4. A joint that has been adulterated (3) 5. It is kind to separate it into lots (4) 6. A table in a ship (6) 7. If fried, eat ten varieties one can tell apart (13) 11. Live as a vagrant on a cargo-boat (5) 13. Relaxed in class with a Liberal (8) 15. One who lacked the courage to be a playwright (6) 16. Peevishly complained when I’d been moved (6) 19. Part of the church will fall from the faith without a leader (4) 22. Show a film of the shoal (3) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 2. Humus 5. Face 7. Cram 8. Reporter 9. Barathea 11. Bark 12. Psychological 15. Skit 17. Sticking 19. Converse 21. Teal 22. Flow 23. Estop Down 1. Surpass 2. Ham 3. Mirth 4. Soprano 5. Fur 6. Clear 10. Ascot 11. Blink 13. Observe 14. Annuals 16. Knoll 18. Inept 20. Vow 21. Tap