ACROSS
7 Tell jokes (4)
8 Improbable (8)
9 Fret (5)
10 Detach (7)
12 Sport (3)
13 Blocks of flats (9)
16 Placed (9)
17 A large cask (3)
19 Loss of memory (7)
21 Obstruct (5)
23 US state capital (8)
24 Forbid (4)
DOWN
1 Determined (8)
2 Unyielding (5)
3 Play on words (3)
4 Agitated (9)
5 Expert (7)
6 Curdle (4)
11 Very tasty (9)
14 Cut short (8)
15 Ennui (7)
18 Serf (5)
20 Disposition (4)
22 Kind of cake (3)
Wednesday’s solution
Across: 1 Television, 7 Phone-in, 8 Awned, 10 High, 11 Bully-off, 13 Cheque, 15 Goblin, 17 Exemplar, 18 Zest, 21 Ketch, 22 Undergo, 23 On approval.
Down: 1 Thong, 2 Lied, 3 Venous, 4 Stallion, 5 Own goal, 6 Up the creek, 9 Definition, 12 Jump ship, 14 Everton, 16 Jaguar, 19 Enrol, 20 HDTV.