CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Strict hand drafts a new order (4,3,4)

9 It’s the least one can do (7) 10 Statement of principles from company in the red? Just the opposite (5)

11 Dependable form of alloy (5) 12 I turned badly, not yet having taken the test (7)

13 I am in pursuit in a carriage (6)

15 Fell, but kept quiet (3,3) 18 Overhead lines (7)

20 Money, enough for a purée, perhaps (5)

22 Part of the roof showing a blend of styles in part (5) 23 Smouldering anger (7) 24 Immediately erect road (11)

DOWN

2 A negative in any trouble (5) 3 People with such depressions may still be happy (7)

4 Best sort of capital investment! (6)

5 In fact a point of view (5)

6 No ordinary member of the force (7)

7 What a nursery may ask for looking after one! (5,6) 8 Highwayman intent on cleaning up? (11)

14 His life may be in the balance (7)

16 Possibly a tropic fruit (7) 17 Demanding, like royalty? (6) 19 Stadium near a ruin (5) 21 Animal comes from the pet shop and accepts food (5)