2: Questionable chits rejected by Abbott (7)

5: Go up cedar's first branch (5)

8: Outfit in which one walks when outside the ship? (9)

10: Funny dame getting red (5)

11: Monarch met monarch in even open space for coin-operated machines (7,6)

12: Charged for ears of produce (5)

14: Contrarily tough, arriving cool (9)

16: Cloth arrived by air after 50 hours (9)

17: Lightweight cat (5)

18: Foresees a three iron, just as Cassandra did. (7, 6)

21: Flare for clean-up time (5)

22: Reading or writhing in river (3,6)

23: Partially affect a steak's flavor (5)

24: Rhyme in Old English to run the show (7).

1: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

2: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

3: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

4: Rocks lure a breeding fish (4,9)

6: The Irish are working for small clubs (5)

7: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

9: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

10: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

12: Capital - a Schubert composition (9)

13: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

15: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

18: Quietly pulls electrical connectors (5)

19: Mousy girlfriend loses head and bellybutton (5)

20: Result of incident (5)