Across
3
Large expanses of frozen ocean (3,5)
9
North American reindeer (7)
12
Result of air or liquid movements doubling back on themselves (6)
14
Eventually; inevitably (6,2,5)
17
Andean beast of burden (6)
22
River which forms part of the English/Scottish border (5)
23
Woodland plant, eg the windflower (7)
24
Zero degrees latitude – where one is when low (8)
Down
2
Brimless, originally Provençal, cap (5)
4
Something to worry about (5,3,5)
5
Ezra ----- (1885-1972), troubled US poet (5)
6
Equable: name shared by 14 popes (7)
7
Sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavouring (4)
15
Mineral bore, for instance? (3,4)
16
Afrikaner camp defended by a circular formation of wagons (6)
18
Tree or shrub of the birch family (5)
20
Word employed in a figurative sense (5)