| Clues across |
| 9 | Liveliness seen in cartoon film (9) |
| 10 | Ancient tribe buried in crevice, niche etc (5) |
| 11 | Finished holding company? It’s not clear (7) |
| 12 | Pay fee, perhaps, including first instalment of loan for blinker (3-4) |
| 13 | Holding four from Rome, he travels fast in a confused state for autumnal celebration (7,8) |
| 15 | What the Infanta came to see? (3-4) |
| 17 | Getting garland after new role as singer (7) |
| 18 | Mr Edwards initially turned maggot out into the twilight (15) |
| 20 | Huge, but only one millimetre seen, maybe (7) |
| 21 | Symbol of royalty disturbs ghost (7) |
| 23 | Rough sea around south-east calms down (5) |
| 24 | Previous spouse asserted rights and cried out (9) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Weathercock is conceited, we hear (4) |
| 2 | Prince has shifted head of rook to get claw (6) |
| 3 | Sneered at harsh diatribe at first, possibly revealing cruel streak (4-11) |
| 4 | Turn current of air (4) |
| 5 | Blue mantle thrown out before the war (10) |
| 6 | Boss is straightforward or non-specific (8-7) |
| 7 | Flat calm as a datum (3,5) |
| 8 | Driving away girl reading letter by letter (10) |
| 13 | Right-angled triangle initially not needed for reconstructing aerial vehicle (4-6) |
| 14 | His identical brother ended dumb, we’re told (10) |
| 16 | Tom’s item becomes a cult . . . (8) |
| 19 | . . . . a cult I moved into hiding last month (6) |
| 21 | Get rid of old wine (4) |
| 22 | Bear loses its head in whirlpool (4) |
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