CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Caring about desecration (11)

9 Words to start an old TV show (5,6,2)

10 Most cross when Tangier’s rebuilt (8)

12 Bygone time first narrated (4)

14 Led back to greeting in city (5)

15 Lots of burdens (5)

19 Girl covers northern precinct (4) 20 Erudite like a popular book (4-4) 22 Chapman’s first recollection of artistry (13)

24 Unravel mysteries in sitcom (3,8)

DOWN

2 Finished, we hear, with eggs (3)

3 Channel brightness due to heavenly access (8)

4 Loathe oddest bedsit? No, not odd (6)

5 Boy hugging a horse (4)

6 Dog could be too old? Yep (3,6) 7 Cause war, remarks even out (5) 8 Dora’s unusual ways (5) 11 Headless monster to finish drink at Pat’s village (9)

13 Travel and supports young birds (8) 16 Aurally rein in language (5)

17 New name as a mariner (6) 18 Take on and compete regularly (5) 21 A cat is a basic thing (4) 23 American exits house and finds garden tool (3)