Compiled by R. GREGORY
ACROSS
1 Alert eccentric in court battle (8)
6 Twitch regularly (3)
9 It's tough to conceal love for squirrel (5)
10 Whistler (artist) in tune (7)
11 After row was first to get annoyed (7)
13 Superior stifling Marxist principles (5)
14 Can revolutionary shortly be accompanied by fool (6)
15 Finds out how to make love on board (6)
18 Allege one's tucking into seafood (5)
20 Break between the legs (7)
21 Skipper to honour trite order (7)
22 Feel emboldened repressing free for all (5)
23 It's wrong to cut grass (3)
24 Posh carriage? (8)
DOWN
2 Alongside a good man securing blessing (7)
3 In the garden digging border (3)
4 Peculiar ordeal in Texas (6)
5 Relating to smell of large plant (9)
6 Cater for ferret (5)
7 Churchman's cure apparently is terminal (6,6)
8 Top speed running to get over to station (7,5)
12 Refresh toilet with Vim in passage (9)
16 Italian player scored every season (7)
17 Vicious circle for minister (6)
19 Maybe Indian but like a Scotsman (5)
22 Mike loves low sound (3)
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