SOLUTION TO 4707

ACROSS: 7, Manifest; 9, Allege; 10, Spot; 11, Tragicomic; 12, Step in; 14, Finessed;

15, Supplications; 17, Faddists; 19, Pastry; 21, Upper-class; 22, Mint; 23, Barman;

24, Duresses. DOWN: 1, Carpet; 2, Mist; 3, Sentinel; 4, Malign; 5, Floor shows; 6, Ugliness; 8, Traffic island; 13, Pipe dreams; 15, Stamp tax; 16, Tapestry; 18, Second; 20, Ringer; 22, Mass.