Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. Motion in favour of standing (11) 9. Lets Rob cook crustacean (7) 10. Subsequently further back? (5) 11. The best of the literature (5) 12. In tones indicating strain (7) 13. Where there’s fighting on the weather map? (6) 15. Somehow, pet ran to father or mother (6) 18. Make cuts in the theatre? (7) 20. Gratuity has risen like a theatre seat? (3-2) 22. Animal from Eastern country (5) 23. Residents winning games of chess? (7) 24. Supposition of starting again at the pit-head (11)

DOWN

2. Priest cut off animal’s tail (5) 3. Long suffering person under treatment (7) 4. Priest upset mischievous spirit (6) 5. More than one mark the writer? (5) 6. The team back in the pavilion? (7) 7. Blooming senior? (11) 8. Lead to gap in mountains to make it happen (5,2,4) 14. It’s nothing to write a tune out of doors (4,3) 16. In great temptation to try (7) 17. He’s neither too big nor too small for a sitting (6) 19. Also two points in the mountains (5) 21. In occupation of a paved area (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 1 Inactive; 5 Idle; 9 Call; 10 Accursed; 11 Defer; 12 Pursuer; 13 Statelessness; 18 Restrain; 19 Well; 20 Ignoble; 21 Bound; 22 Etch; 23 Attended. Down: 2 Nearest; 3 Collect; 4 Vice-president; 6 Dispute; 7 Endures; 8 Quires; 13 Service; 14 Arsenic; 15 Enrobe; 16 New moon; 17 Silence.