All creatures, great and small
By Jane Fitzpatrick
Across
8 Odd croaks in fog part of expression of high excitement (4, 2, 1, 4)
9 Period headpieces employ rococo adornments (3)
10 Doctor admits a yen, hearing organ, for 12 months off (3, 4)
11 Chinese river characters get zany (7)
12 Act like a monkey (3)
13 Softest bug loudest, with ties undone (9)
14 After pained exclamation, bushranger up and confessed (5, 2)
16 In Australia, no charge for beefier stew (7)
18 Bachelor party sang tight arrangement (4, 5)
21 State openers triumph approaching stumps (3)
22 Evidence of cold, bare heart with power over nameless male subject (7)
23 The night before, bent criminal gave 50-50 chance of success (4, 3)
24 Nun who sticks to routine? (8, 2, 5)
Down
1 Beef or carp? (8)
2 Heckling tirades can be difficult to manage (4, 7, 4)
3, 20 A drink the morning after repaired her good faith (4, 2, 3, 3)
4 Buys Ford assembly to ride the wave (8)
5 Others think fee adjustment a measure of her narrow success (4, 2, 3, 5)
6 Let bee wreck Christmas, for example (6)
7 How a thieving cod reacts to provocation? (5, 3, 4)
8 Number of spoken words used in conveying an image (6, 2, 6)
15 Aussie 8d for beers when hog crisps nicely (4, 4)
17 Most of bus said word of quiet to infant, little monkey look-alike! (8)
19 More open region, we hear (6)
20 see 3d