The Chronicle

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

4. Financiall­y, and otherwise, it enables you to stand on your own feet (7)

8. Gets excited or reverts to establishe­d habits (6) 9. Lady, perhaps, who profits from her bloomers (7)

10. The club for swinging types (6)

11. It hangs about in the cold (6)

12. Looking angry, being let down (8)

18. I plan too haphazardl­y but it’s a matter of choice (8)

20. For a doctor to live wildly is absurd (6)

21. Destroy a grave perhaps (6)

22. Broadcast a tirade, perhaps (7)

23. He pays out money for an informer (6)

24. The rest of one’s days (7)

DOWN

1. It’s meant to be read, so make it clear (7)

2. In poor health - result of a car accident? (3,4) 3. Go off to find another partner (6)

5. It’s O.K., there’s no-one left (3,5) 6. Dexterous, but for a doctor there’s nothing to it (6)

7. Throw the French in a stronghold (6)

13. What the bride says afterwards to a great admirer (8)

14. Necessaril­y involves a silent reformatio­n (7)

15. Moving briskly from one bar to another (7)

16. Elaboratel­y adorned or unusually neat (6)

17. Refrains from being so avid perhaps (6)

19. I spoil the games figurative­ly speaking (6)

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