The Southern Star's March Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Conceal skin (4)
  2. 5. The cartel shows its true colour (6)
  3. 8. An idiot standing on his head at a distance (5)
  4. 9. The links lack thin animals (4)
  5. 10. At a standstill because of absence of proposals (10)
  6. 13. Father is in an Italian city (4)
  7. 15. Sink into mere peat, perhaps (8)
  8. 18. Dad rants in some measure! (8)
  9. 19. The attitude I am in shows balance (5)
  10. 20. Vituperation from a fence? (7)
  11. 21. Sad evidence of a ripping time? (4)
  12. 23. Sounds like what we did to the way in the fog! (4)
  13. 24. Making corrections puts me back at the finish (8)
Down
  1. 1. Test impressions of telling evidence from the kitchen (6,6)
  2. 3. Start something at the place where I dined (8)
  3. 4. This fastener on the other hand carries great weight (6)
  4. 6. Free expert taking me in without hesitation (6)
  5. 7. An undecided matter to begin the enquiry with (4,8)
  6. 11. In the direction of hospital patients? (6)
  7. 12. Bird takes a gulp (7)
  8. 14. Don’t forget the wild animal you thought about! (4,2,4)
  9. 16. I’m to take it all back to the entrance to ease things (8)
  10. 17. Torn volume in which tenant’s payments are recorded (4,4)
  11. 22. 500 years old? That’s very old! (4)