CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 A keen lot of parasites haven’t finished with fibre (7)

5 Strong alcohol New York team finds hard to swallow (5)

8 Misbehave for all to see in broken pact (3,2)

9 Dessert wine produced

by one artist (7)

10 From nickel, potential

source of iodine (4)

11 Quietly arrives and

gives a sermon (8)

13 Dawn departure is unauthorised absence (6,5)

17 Torture or beat in

singer (8)

19 Go back through Pasadena as soon as possible (inits)(4)

21 Short bit of potato not

for Italian wine (7)

22 Some result, rampaging excessively (5)

23 Drawn to inner circle

cry (5)

24 Ron in no trouble as it

was drip-dry (3-4)

DOWN

1 State to some extent as central as Kansas (6)

2 Snake in old coach (7)

3 Point to friend knocking

back drinks (4)

4 Incomers phone for translation, demanding understanding (13)

5 Communications industry boy tried to reconcile (8)

6 West Highland constituents showing a bit of leg (5)

7 Thinly scattered boxes

by the point (6)

12 Intuitive power this

month in court (8)

14 Guest finds it in

eyeshade (7)

15 Calculator used regularly during Zambian cruise (6)

16 River in country to

twist badly (6)

18 One-horn creation! (5)

20 Brand colour (not

gold) (4)