ACROSS7 Criticise severely (4)
8 Put a stop to (8)
9 Correct (5)
10 Duties on imports and exports (7)
12 Large deer (3)
13 Talked nonsense (9)
16 Copy (9)
17 Health resort (3)
19 Passed by a majority (7)
21 Not strict (5)
23 Deer hunters (8)
24 Killed (4)
DOWN1 Nonsense (4-4)
2 Carrion-feeding carnivore (5)
3 Fitting (3)
4 Diminution (9)
5 Motley collection (7)
6 Style of architecture (4)
11 Praised to excess (9)
14 Anticipated (8)
15 Barren (7)
18 Sudden flow (5)
20 Poker stake (4)
22 Money (1,1,1)
Wednesday's solutionAcross: 1 Jubilation, 7 Nirvana, 8 Crewe, 10 Herd, 11 Soft-soap, 13 Galaxy, 15 Grotto, 17 Anathema, 18 Swim, 21 Essen, 22 Caution, 23 Undersized.
Down: 1 Juror, 2 Brat, 3 Lead on, 4 Taciturn, 5 and 6 One Foot in the Grave, 9 and 12 Employment exchange, 14 Liaison, 16 Smocks, 19 Weird, 20 Quiz.
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