Cryptic crossword
ACROSS
1. Ordinary, like Wimbledon, Clapham or Ealing? (11) 9. Not charged for travel? (7) 10. He may use a fork to get the pitch right (5) 11. Conceals the animal skins (5) 12. Offers of nurses (7) 13. Reaction concerning cable (6) 15. Building a Celt’s ruined (6) 18. Film advertisement attached to a car? (7) 20. Surmised, say, he has been invited (5) 22. English monarch stretching (5) 23. Violet takes a manservant back to a city in Israel (3,4) 24. Relief printing of correspondence sent to newspapers (11)
DOWN
2. Lubricated by drink? (5) 3. Do times change for the dressmaker? (7) 4. A lack of practice at cricket for certain groups of players (6) 5. Admit the French can... (3,2) 6. ...fight an election (7) 7. Writer is about to restrict those in power (11) 8. A view I have, looking to the future (11) 14. Fail Reg, perhaps, for being delicate (7) 16. Awkward when cornered? (7) 17. From the floor a Tory speaker appears! (6) 19. Not heavy – that’s fair (5) 21. The King lives, somehow (5)