CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

4. Thugs deposit the poor chap in rough sea (7) 8. Watch one in the

chase (6) 9. Do some trade in

moving vehicles (7) 10. Strict disciplinarian becomes a barrel cleaner! (6) 11. One remarkably

blase female (6) 12. Chivalrous types causing a row among friends (8) 18. Transforms those who have adopted the faith (8) 20. Plenty of money if the law is amended (6) 21. Sun spot providing

comfort (6) 22. Entrances not exposed to the elements (7) 23. Take down a potted

version (6) 24. Somehow ends Red

China! (7)

DOWN

1. Those people about to strike will get the treatment (7) 2. Manila's wild life! (7) 3. Formal entry of unsurpassed achievement (6) 5. Freedom fighter is a

quiet worker (8) 6. Fanatic is upset when losing one Eastern garment (6) 7. Those barred from former French islands (6) 13. The position of the foreman who's been arrested (2,6) 14. Dressed for an attack, by the sound of it (7) 15. Makes a statement to emphasise a come-back (7) 16. One who takes advantage of support, having slimmed down (6) 17. Vessels that turn up

in films (6) 19. Oil tipped in French

wine - it's a fiddle! (6)