Across
1
Suitable compromise (5,6)
9
Preliminary paintwork (9)
11
Asian country which has the world’s only non-rectangular national flag (5)
18
Tried (a case) again (7)
24
It opens a lot of doors (8,3)
Down
2
Coordinating conjunction (3)
3
One released from prison conditionally (7)
4
Admirer of China’s ‘Great Helmsman’ (6)
5
Eccentric (like a pointillist painting) (5)
6
In complete agreement (9)
7
Award picked up by Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor (6,5)
8
Action hero, adversary of Ming the Merciless (5,6)
17
Yearly period which has its own calendar (6)