Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

4. Put a heavy burden on work with newspapers (7)

8. Ages a man wiped out (6)

9. Residents at home with companions (7)

10. A fireman may use it, but it ruins the hose! (6)

11. In this way material provides comfort (6)

12. Can’t hope to reconstruct a monument (8)

18. Female to enjoy being suitably refined (8)

20. A man outstanding in his field (6)

21. Variety of staple food containers (6)

22. Show anxiety about horse slaughter (7)

23. A novel the editor reserved (6)

24. Points out a god’s thickness (7)

DOWN

1. Poison when in stitches? (7)

2. Making an incursion to assist in the arena (7)

3. Leave the sweet, say (6)

5. Penalised and shoved around in the wrong way (8)

6. Concerning a friend in fact (6)

7. A bit of the least enchanting smell (6)

13. There’s nothing left, but it’s O.K. (3,5)

14. This must be wrong – it’s faulty in manufacture (7)

15. Where you’ll find holidaymakers and disease? (7)

16. Put into position round a fine residence (6)

17. Corrects what the compensator makes (6)

19. Chicken colour (6)