CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Notice what has to be kicked in competition (4,3,4)

9 Pack of fortune-tellers (5) 10 Encouraging applause (8)

12 Doge with gun troubled fish (7)

13 One cross finding broken tool by lake amphibian (7)

14 Titled gentleman heard in the darkness (5) 15 Provided lodgings that had been cut up (9) 18 Play quietly near playful arboreal animal! (5,4)

20 Started leaving port weighed down (5) 21 Ruin plan Charlie introduced during meal (7) 24 Robert’s gone first on toboggan (7)

DOWN

2 One needs to be when requiring treatment (7)

3 Chit queen reproduced with skill (9) 4 Laughing carnivore? (5)

5 Destroy by fire, run off during fight (4,3) 6 How to score slowly (5) 7 Organising another stop at regular point of call (7,4)

8 Nudge single girl who is wasteful (8)