Complete
00:00:00
1 9 11 15 21 23 12 2 16 3 13 4 8 10 17 22 24 5 18 6 19 14 7 20
  1. 1 a Going down of Earth's satellite (7)
  2. 8 a So-so (7)
  3. 9 a Groundbreaker (7)
  4. 10 a Work of a cartographer (7)
  5. 11 a Throw out (5)
  6. 13 a Without serious competition — hands down (2,7)
  7. 15 a Top Communist Party political committee (9)
  8. 18 a Value (5)
  9. 21 a Proof of purchase (7)
  10. 22 a Plumbing fixtures for men only (7)
  11. 23 a Set off (7)
  12. 24 a Contradicted (7)
  13. 1 d Hard light-coloured wood used for furniture (5)
  14. 2 d Colourless gas, O3 (5)
  15. 3 d Whispered endearments (5,8)
  16. 4 d Road-surfacing substance (6)
  17. 5 d Alley game (6,7)
  18. 6 d Over simple (6)
  19. 7 d Significance (6)
  20. 12 d Roman queen of the gods, wife and sister of Jupiter (4)
  21. 14 d Study hard before an exam (4)
  22. 15 d Sinlessness (6)
  23. 16 d Post-closing time pub drinking session (4-2)
  24. 17 d Rise (6)
  25. 19 d Respond — reply (5)
  26. 20 d Watered with a flexible pipe (5)

Across

Down