1: Ways of approaching a goddess without middlemen? (7)
 2: One who takes after beggarman (5)
 3: Robins knitting done by row (3,6)
 4: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)
 5: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)
 6: Severely criticize cook (5)
 7: Wood shavings? A strange device for a banner! (9)
 8: Bear with a blemish following us around (7)
 12: Surrounded by asses, he tries again (7)
 13: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)
 14: Ugly Moogs playing mournful soul (6, 3)
 16: Rita Mears breaks wind near a plane (9)
 17: Cleaning woman, embarrassed, is scarred by firing (7)
 18: Contemptible information (7)
 20: Observed no Knight (5)
 21: Part turning two ways (5)
 23: And not in town, ordinarily (3)
 24: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)