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