CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Made dishonest through shortage of workers? (11)

9 Snail Ma confused with other creatures (7)

10 Give support to a couple (5) 11 Trees to plant again? (5) 12 He has his role, etc as a voter (7)

13 Strangely sad about battle prizes (6)

15 Sounds as if the brigand prohibited the thing! (6) 18 Ignore the change made to the boy by a hat (7) 20 Competing in the navy in gunnery (5)

22 Running knot put back in rope, so one assumes (5) 23 Belong to eccentric painter (7)

24 Properly managed source of water asked for (4-7)

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2 Woodworkers have them at their fingertips (5)

3 Given the force of law on the stage? (7)

4 He lost by mistake somewhere to live (6) 5 Illustrious peer (5)

6 Cede tax deviously extorted (7)

7 Terrifying cure for baldness? (6-5)

8 No open representative (6,5) 14 Strange name given to single flower (7)

16 Publicity for poetry is unfortunate (7)

17 Does he shoot birds? (6) 19 Enchanting period? (5) 21 Angry that is about deserter (5)