Across
- 4. How time flies! (7)
- 5. Servile as East Europeans? (7)
- 6. A hundred bound to be granted (8)
- 8. Establishes if farms need cultivating (7)
- 9. A seer in a flurry to get off the mark (5)
- 11. Rent is ideal for dwelling (11)
- 12. It may be drawn or sucked up (5)
- 16. Get lean in order to be graceful (7)
- 18. Not so many we infer (5)
- 19. Blustery at first with frequent showers, but bright (6)
- 21. Departed behind time (4)
- 22. They inform me and get help in return (5)
- 24. Fed up with hesitation and delay (5)
Down
- 1. Shape of eggs at first light (4)
- 2. Give an account of French writer (8)
- 3. There is nothing amiss in such speculations (8)
- 7. Drain out the bottom (5)
- 10. Such nights figured in a fabulous story (7)
- 13. Fuss made by a dog losing its tail (3)
- 14. A new bride's bits and pieces (6)
- 15. The Middle East initially is the subject (5)
- 17. Religion is embraced by them (6)
- 20. Lift up beams as stated (5)
- 23. Audibly permitted (5)