CRYPTICCROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Caused to continue with a pet reputed to go out (11) 9 Siren finding a new role with a Hawaiian garland (7) 10 Gee, an American soldier’s dog (5) 11 Paper pancake? (5) 12 Wading bird putting a restraint on a seabird (7) 13 Reread and amend (6) 15 Islander in a trance? (6) 18 Guilty person the copper left to trip up (7) 20 Boat going over lagoons (5) 22 Prize for commercial about conflict (5) 23 A country’s birds (7) 24 Approval given to bad drivers? (11)

Down

2 Always poetically, that is strange (5) 3 They conceal curtain-rails in temples (7) 4 Attempt to hide a onepound hat (6) 5 A Glaswegian at the races (5) 6 Serious Eastern problems (7) 7 An expert in current affairs? (11) 8 Getting a job at the end of the race (7,4) 14 House fashionable for a criminal (7) 16 Or go back and play the guitar on the platform (7) 17 Says it’s America (6) 19 Went by horse to the ring for a display of cowboy skills (5) 21 Main geographical feature? (5)