Solving time, 23 mins
* = anagram < = reversed
ACROSS
6 PEP TIC
8 PINNA (leaflet) C LE
9 BOS (PO RU)S
10 P ASS I’M
11 QU A N GO
12 COP IOU’S
13 EAVESDROPPERS (pad so perverse)*
17 B U GLOSS
19 NEATLY (lay ten)*
21 DR Y ROT (Tory r d)<
22 (c)IRRI GATE Prophetic re the Edgbaston Test
23 VENET IAN (event)*
24 MAN (p)URE
DOWN
1 RE SO LUTE
2 STEP IN as ‘step’ is contained in waSTE Product
3 S (NAP) UPper My favourite clue
4 C APST ONE (past)*
5 OLDIES hidden
7 CAR(GO)ES
8 POST-CHRISTIAN (parsons itch it)*
14 V AG ARIES
15 PANG RAM (computer memory) In which every letter of the alphabet appears. Not in this puzzle though.
16 SOLITARY (loyalist)*
17 BAR LEY
18 OB TA IN
20 A N GI N A (a n)<
Shame 22 wasn’t equally prophetic about Headingley.
Bit of a struggle to finish it. I had 8 as a toss-up between pinnacle and pentacle, although the latter’s more to do with black magic.