7 9 11 14 18 21 1 24 2 12 3 19 22 4 13 17 15 5 16 20 6 10 23 8
  1. 1a Intensive programme of instruction (5,6)
  2. 9a Indian dish of curried meat in a tomato-based sauce (5,4)
  3. 10a Commotion (3)
  4. 11a Small, usually nocturnal, lizard (5)
  5. 13a Increase rapidly — eg Bruno (anag) (7)
  6. 14a White-coated stoat (6)
  7. 15a Ring of light around a luminous object (6)
  8. 18a Baltic capital (7)
  9. 20a Colossus (5)
  10. 21a Decay (which can be dry) (3)
  11. 22a Detailed —complicated (9)
  12. 24a Puberty (11)
  13. 2d Equip with masts or sails (3)
  14. 3d Isle of Wight resort (7)
  15. 4d Merseyside town — White Christmas singer (6)
  16. 5d Guide — Poe's Fall of the House of ___ (5)
  17. 6d One who takes the blame for others (9)
  18. 7d Consisting of small disconnected parts (11)
  19. 8d Writing implement (8,3)
  20. 12d Finished (9)
  21. 16d Final result (7)
  22. 17d Chronicles (6)
  23. 19d Perfectly suited (5)
  24. 23d Electric discharge between two points (3)