Across
1
Easy, trouble-free (5,7)
9
Expression of a universal truth (5)
12
Floating frozen mass (3,5)
15
Silently forms words (6)
23
It connects muscle to bone (5)
24
PA insisted on (anag) – permission to be excused (12)
Down
5
Surgeon’s opening move? (8)
6
Inspire (with feelings or ideas) (5)
7
Situation lacking in privacy (8,4)
8
(The) middle of nowhere (4,2,6)
13
Card (and board) game (8)
16
Ontario’s capital city (7)
17
Muscle at the front of the upper arm (6)
19
Sports car – and yoga position (5)
21
Attention-seeker’s whisper? (4)