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1a
Relapsing into bad ways (11)
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9a
Carefully listening (9)
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10a
Pasture (3)
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11a
Discourage (5)
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13a
Cream cakes (7)
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14a
Go too far (6)
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15a
Attest (6)
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18a
Pain in the middle or inner ear (7)
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20a
To do with an anatomical bulge or swelling (5)
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21a
Fasten (3)
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22a
Venetian merchant and explorer who wrote about Kublai Khan's China, d. 1324 (5,4)
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24a
Set up (11)
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2d
Play section (3)
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3d
Similar in quality or character (7)
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4d
Linger — lurk (6)
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5d
Reside (5)
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6d
Invalidated (9)
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7d
With barely enough money for immediate needs (4,2,5)
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8d
Pink-flowered plant — confectionery item (11)
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12d
Young people (9)
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16d
Resembling mushrooms or toadstools? (7)
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17d
Cask (6)
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19d
Bass instrument of the viol family with about the range of a cello (abbr) (5)
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23d
Chart-topping number? (3)