ACROSS
- 4 Thugs deposit the poor chap in rough sea (7)
- 8 Watch one in the chase (6)
- 9 Do some trade in moving vehicles (7)
- 10 Strict disciplinarian becomes a barrel cleaner! (6)
- 11 One remarkably blase female (6)
- 12 Chivalrous types causing a row among friends (8)
- 18 Transforms those who have adopted the faith (8)
- 20 Plenty of money if the law is amended (6)
- 21 Sun spot providing comfort (6)
- 22 Entrances not exposed to the elements (7)
- 23 Take down a potted version (6)
- 24 Somehow ends Red China! (7)
DOWN
- 1 Those people about to strike will get the treatment (7)
- 2 Manila's wild life! (7)
- 3 Formal entry of unsurpassed achievement (6)
- 5 Freedom fighter is a quiet worker (8)
- 6 Fanatic is upset when losing one Eastern garment (6)
- 7 Those barred from former French islands (6)
- 13 The position of the foreman who's been arrested (2,6)
- 14 Dressed for an attack, by the sound of it (7)
- 15 Makes a statement to emphasise a comeback (7)
- 16 One who takes advantage of support, having slimmed down (6)
- 17 Vessels that turn up in films (6)
- 19 Oil tipped in French wine - it's a fiddle! (6)