Cryptic crossword

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS 27/03/2019 Across: 1 Photo-finish; 9 Urn; 10 Rainwater; 11 Hardy; 13 Chagrin; 14 Record; 16 Gets up; 18 Topiary; 19 Cedar; 20 Eliminate; 21 Wee; 22 Under stress.

Down: 2 Hen; 3 Tarry; 4 Flinch; 5 Newgate; 6 Satirised; 7 Authorities; 8 Transported; 12 Reception; 15 Realise; 17 Bypass; 19 Cheer; 21 Was.

ACROSS

4. Possibly train as a mechanic (7) 8. Breaks out but the rest somehow holds up (6) 9. A reason for being stranded (7) 10. Nowhere near being unapproachable (6) 11. Coaches in more than one way (6) 12. His word is law at a court perhaps (8) 18. Clearly not as others are (8) 20. To people, one is a danger (6) 21. Fuss about the French in a Spanish city (6) 22. When one can look forward to retirement (7) 23. We arrange the sale of an animal (6) 24. It comes last, locked in reverse (7)

DOWN

1. The only things a defeated army can beat (7) 2. Tops two thousand in legal actions (7) 3. Still, it could affect one’s reception (6) 5. For which damp courses are essential (8) 6. The meteorologist’s line (6) 7. A shade partly drawn in good weather (6) 13. Having paid, he recovers (8) 14. Smouldering anger? (7) 15. Makes slow progress by streetcar (7) 16. Go back to repair work of turf, we hear (6) 17. This plant has its points (6) 19. A scoop for a gardening correspondent? (6)