Across
1
Hold together, split apart (6)
5
Prudent having tamed mammal before start of December (6)
8
Make huge amounts of faulty damp-courses (4-7)
11
US novelist’s hideous neck bites (9)
12
Dream job as described by croupier? (5)
13
Expresses disapproval, having a thing or two (7)
14
Egyptian kings heard in N Atlantic islands (7)
15
Shunning middle speed – cam faulty – makes off at speed (7)
17
Stops when Democrat becomes Republican and fights (7)
20
Consume in haste – the result? (5)
21
Flight in which you might be still moving? (9)
22
Poem Iris edited before the reader, Scout’s Honour (1,7,3)
23
Heathen siege surrounds classical city (6)
24
Eased a temper? Only somewhat calm (6)
Down
2
Move with difficulty to raise either end of rear in this altered tartan item (10,5)
3
As spelled out in full, one of Agatha’s poisons (7)
5
Principally, such provision only requires knife! (5)
6
Banal comedian’s material (7)
7
Surgery query: ‘How red is he?’ … utter jerks (5,4,2,4)
9
Regularly avoided collision reversing in capital city (4)
10
Liverpool’s Mo snubbed: flipping shame (4)
14
Predicts California surrounded by trees (9)
15
Morning: judo master drinks whiskey (4)
16
Tennis champ, twitching newcomer taking week off (7)
18
Son competed, spread out (7)
19
Agricultural servant to get on board, you say? (4)
21
Everyman’s ultimately prizeless after Everyman’s up for awards (5)