30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4. Forecaster who needs to be given a hand (7)

8. Sounds like the chief Schubert works (6)

9. Superficial display holding the lot (7)

10. Window-cleaners (6)

11. This is manipulated to determine the craft course (6)

12. Charitable support with a capital 'S', it's said (8)

18. Describing trunk route which affects the rail rate (8)

20. By the end of the concert, it could be clued as melodious (6)

21. Slug taken medicinally (6)

22. Incorporated with some adjustment in earnings (7)

23. Determine the limit of French penalty (6)

24. About various clues he keeps to himself (7)

DOWN

1. Malice shown by unfavourable bequest? (3-4)

2. Left beyond the main harbour (7)

3. Gradation marked by graduation! (6)

5. One who sticks to a female in a depression (8)

6. Complaint can possibly keep the youngster inside (6)

7. One who demonstrates bathroom equipment (6)

13. Moves out of the way when car tests go wrong (8)

14. One in dismal arrangement can't be found (7)

15. Not so inclined to show adulation (7)

16. Fruity character in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (6)

17. In which class distinction can't be avoided (6)

19. The team appears one by one (6)