Independent 7014/Punk – Fifteensquared

Like most other people no doubt, I seem to have a full week’s worth of stuff to fit into 4 days this week, so not much time to stop and admire this puzzle I’m afraid. Which is a shame, because it was very nice, like all Punk puzzles!

Across
1	SCARLET – CARL in SET
5	AXOLOTL – L TO LO rev. on A,X – Quite tricky this one I thought. It’s a little salamander
9	RASPINGLY – (LISP,ANGRY)*
10	FACET – ACE in FT
11	BACILLI – Got this from the checking letters, but not sure on it – “Might they bring a complaint having account, opening another one?”
13	BACKING – Double def.
14	CAUGHT IN THE ACT – IN + DEED (the act)
16	READ ALL ABOUT IT – AD in REAL,LABOU[-r],TIT
18	TRAPEZE – Cryptic def, ref. 14A
19	LESSENS – “Lessons”
20	LARVA – R in LAVA
21	PUNCH LINE – PUN,CH,LINE
23	RETAKEN – N.E KATE,R rev.
24	ELEMENT – Double def.
Down
1	STROBE – [-ve]ST,ROBE
2	AS SICK AS A PARROT – CD
3	LEI – Hidden in buddLEIa
4	TAGLIATELLE – I think this is ELLE (the magazine) on GAT (gun) and TAIL (behind) rev.
5	ANY – A,NY (New York)
6	OFFICE HOURS – 1,C,EH in OF FOURS – Classic Halpern! It reads fairly bizarrely, but I like it a lot and the definition (Possibly 10-6) is great
7	ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME – (ACTION I FEEL MINE TO)*
8	LITIGATE – LIT,1,GATE
12	LUGGAGE RACK – GG + A G ERA in LUCK
13	BANK BALANCE – A nice cryptic def
15	PRATTLER – P[-arole],RATTLER
17	ASSENT – AS,SENT
21	PEN – Double def.
22	HOE – Initial letters of ‘Hack Out Earth’

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