-
1a
Lowered area between stage and audience (9,3)
-
9a
Way beyond the norm (5)
-
10a
Affinity (7)
-
11a
Dingy (4)
-
12a
Melancholy (8)
-
14a
Involve (6)
-
15a
Autocrat (6)
-
18a
Someone who interprets or explains (8)
-
20a
Get anxious (4)
-
22a
Digging deep (7)
-
23a
Learner (5)
-
24a
Spies working for more than one side (6,6)
-
2d
Withdraw (7)
-
3d
Prank (4)
-
4d
Homily (6)
-
5d
News hound (8)
-
6d
Verification (5)
-
7d
Gossip (6-6)
-
8d
Confused (6-6)
-
13d
Every second year (8)
-
16d
Low wall around a balcony (7)
-
17d
Riddle (6)
-
19d
Rice dish cooked with meat, fish or vegetables etc (5)
-
21d
East end of a church, containing the altar (4)
