CROSSWORD CORNER

ACROSS

1 Garden equipment (4)

3 Came before (8)

9 Fortissimo (7)

10 Child watcher (5)

11 Troubles (12)

14 Assent (3)

16 Be (5)

17 Wolf or devil preceder (3)

18 Decluttered (12)

21 Communication “U” (5)

22 Puffed up (7)

23 One and all (8)

24 It’s a sin (4)

DOWN

1 Employees’ time off (8)

2 Cram (5)

4 Inform on (3)

5 Fundamental law (12)

6 Ball participants (7)

7 Periods of opportunity (4)

8 Designedly (12)

12 Employing (5)

13 Inclination (8)

15 News item (7)

19 Shirt material (5)

20 Unadulterated (4)

22 Junior, e.g. (3)