Across
1 Reluctant to provide a rhyme (6)
4 Diminishing, then stopping, once canine’s extracted (6)
8 Remain cheerful in tower in such open ground (4,4,4,2)
10 Brandish one during lewd dancing (5)
11 Leader of temple to request church working party (4,5)
12 Bishop with helmet he misplaced in holy place (9)
13 Criminal following the Spanish about (5)
14 Old man returning by ferry in suit (5)
16 About to get first-year student a cool drink (9)
18 Girl from city in North Carolina, kind of sweet (9)
20 Wader that girl has on (5)
22 Picture lawyer at meeting (5,9)
23 Fairly good inside centre, in part (6)
24 Iron Lady’s felt hat? (6)
Down
1 Like famous gardens on one side (5)
2 Most serious heading off for mountain (7)
3 Second’s repartee in lively argument (9)
4 Apology for swearing made by foreign monoglot in Paris? (6,2,6)
5 Difficult son spat (5)
6 Gear position in new Renault (7)
7 Perform a military ceremony in a better theatre, possibly (4,3,7)
9 Note’s from male singer, by the sound of it (6)
12 Division of British farm that’s large (6)
13 Complimentary bingo in pub? (4,5)
15 Plain English used after couple’s arrested right one (7)
17 Nelson’s short speech after end of skirmish (7)
19 Feudal lord, say, in story (5)
21 Man, or disguised woman? (5)
