QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Cassette deck (4,8) 8 Long‑term custom (5) 9 Activate (7) 10 Warble a ditty (4) 11 Precious metal source (4,4) 14 Distilled alcohol (6) 15 Take your leave (6) 17 Hot fruit or herbal drink (8) 18 Crust on a wound (4) 21 Car wheel’s dirt guard (7) 23 Defy authority (5) 24 Lack of a fixed abode (12)

DOWN

1 Sightseeing outings (5) 2 Person seeking legal redress (9) 3 Foul smell (4) 4 Sewing thread (6) 5 Arctic animal with antlers (8) 6 Shelled food item (3) 7 Zealous (6) 12 Quick‑tempered (9) 13 Become liquid (8) 14 Mark of social disgrace (6) 16 Sway, then fall (6) 19 Ringing instruments (5) 20 Heraldic insignia (4) 22 Pair (3)