CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. World Cup team changing for use in the bathroom (6,6) 9. Got back miner’s land in a rush (9) 10. Food consumed by beggars (3) 11. Father’s period of recreation (7) 12. Twin bird in the Royal Society (5) 13. Slim engineers of the French church (6) 15. Model store stocks unknown mollusc (6) 18. Forbidden to express contempt after thanks (5) 20. To Bert a new stool (7) 22. Some modern poem (3) 23. Spare note translated into another language (9) 24. Dismantle vehicle with nothing on from a series of pictures (5,7)

DOWN

2. Laid the blame on one in court (7) 3. Animal, one in resting place I followed (5) 4. Part of body of one in the club (6) 5. Hospital attendant’s room? (7) 6. Fancy sort of mare found after dark initially (5) 7. Reginald first to restrict entry (12) 8. Last word about compensation included in plans (12) 14. Photograph couples disagreeing (5-2) 16. Ronald to start and finish in Canadian city (7) 17. Turned out father took one into an ideal place (6) 19. Reserve Shakespearean king is dim (5) 21. It often goes to a Frenchman’s head (5)