CRYPTIC

Across

1. Readily cash-convertible, they make quids as tiles break up (6,6)

8. Alienate one from the East, which is curious (8)

9. A French cheese that is British to begin with (4)

11. There’s some support for painting, as

12. retail outlet (7)

13. drugs can induce (4)

15. Impertinently eye nothing but a shapely leg (4)

19. School of cardinals electing a pope (7)

20. A clumsy repair that starts crumbling in the one and the other (5)

22. In India a camel is not upset about nothing (4)

23. Company gets us, repeatedly, a sort of semolina dish (8)

24. An enchanting turn at work, doing a bookmaker’s job (12)

Down

2. A stroke is about to cut it out (5)

3. May be put in the programme, though it’s as blue as can be (6)

4. A précis one should be able to stomach (6)

5. This will stop one hearing of lager up for blending (7)

6. A race to make cheap steel, seen to be halved (12)

7. Rescue it, or I’m to turn

10. can produce (3)

14. One has to make a noise to break it (7)

16. energy will annoy one (3)

17. developed from it (6)

18. Made bad use of being mistreated (6)

21. It comes from the North, and has its point (5)