Across
1
Blend of rhythm-and-blues and country-and-western music (4,3,4)
11
Month, part of the first meteorological season in the Northern Hemisphere (5)
15
Insect of the cockroach family (6)
18
Swiss cheese, creamy and nutty when young (7)
20
Having striking colour (5)
21
Nocturnal bird of prey (3)
22
Position of advantage and control (5,4)
24
Arrests decay or decline (5,3,3)
Down
3
Citadel of a Russian town (7)
5
Feudal official of medieval England (5)
6
Recurring theme in a play, opera, etc (variant spelling) (9)
7
Satisfactory progress up to this point (2,3,2,4)
8
Completely lifeless (4,2,1,4)
12
Brightly coloured food fish with chin barbels (3,6)
17
Cruel and oppressive dictator (6)