1: Cast, critic share theatrical idiosyncrasies (15)

4: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

6: Moving round to booming (7)

9: Risk solemn query about primates (8,7)

12: Fastener made from crumpled ripple pac (9)

15: Number observed outside event (9)

17: Sire, he made 99 in match (like this) (15)

21: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)

22: Dixie, perhaps, greeting Japanese food (5)

24: Small-scale production of The Tempest or Much Ado About Nothing? (1,5,2,1,6)

1: See, you are a cad. (3)

2: Argue about something boring (5)

3: Slight urge at night (5)

5: Hornblower found a strange dog hidden by a hill (9)

7: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

8: The French spirits lifted by light poet (3,6)

9: Irresponsible friends show up merry (9)

10: Wander around inside territory (3)

11: Catches misusing teen slang (9)

13: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)

14: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

16: Fool to join recital (3)

18: Low point for consumerist, reportedly (5)

19: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

20: Tossed sixth of cookies in class (5)

23: One politician's a brat (3)