| Clues across |
| 8 | Run with bit of cracker into church, to chew (6) |
| 9 | “D - - - ! A shower!” But the water’s running off! (8) |
| 10 | How we count using the decimal system? I write fiction about a means of making it more concentrated (15) |
| 11 | Hurry and make exclamation of surprise when coming upon gun (6) |
| 12 | Monster will have last one of you – hiding in ruined crater with morsel of Edam (8) |
| 13 | Large book (last section printed first) about soldiers is given as souvenir (7) |
| 14 | Following directions, lad shouts headlines on street (7) |
| 18 | “Wait!” we’re told, as Mark spins round one record (8) |
| 21 | Plea for each flatfish inside (6) |
| 22 | Its passengers may be on the rack, and outlaw many in air, perhaps (8,7) |
| 23 | Irishman gets directions with golf equipment – for which he holds the copyright? (8) |
| 24 | Printer’s family crashed plane (3-3) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Run over pet and write note about it, cut short (8) |
| 2 | Where shopkeeper hides his ‘specials’ – beneath his abacus? (5,3,7) |
| 3 | Two parts of body found in tree (8) |
| 4 | Edward: “If I’m on top of church building, it’ll become . . . (7) |
| 5 | . . . very awkward, like this southpaw” (6) |
| 6 | Peace-keeping body says “Fellow resembling this is narrow-minded” (15) |
| 7 | Kind of pursuit like Scrabble, where letter box is found (6) |
| 15 | “Mice running round fat!” we’re told with force (8) |
| 16 | Opened, losing direction when rodent got inside and took charge of machine (8) |
| 17 | Changed last word said over dead, we hear (7) |
| 19 | Is nothing on counter indicating pressure? (6) |
| 20 | Criticises traditional Sunday lunches (6) |
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