History No. 1 — cryptic crossword

A themed (History) standard puzzle: 28 clues on a 11×11 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Relic collector, curiously, in a quaint rain (11)
7. Morning air turned back to reveal the moon's dark plains (5)
10. Adder writhing in fear (5)
11. A good sedan crashed: matters for discussion (7)
12. Catch part of a huge tip (3)
14. Quiet meadow makes an appeal (4)
16. Say no to a study of the unknown (4)
17. Left old flame — the law in Rome (3)
18. Signs a section is in ruins (7)
22. Urge on the horse to the south-east: birds! (5)
23. A trap overturned to one side (5)
24. Sea silently churning, in the main (11)

Down

1. Confused lama by a Crimean river (4)
2. Ancient port said to tire (4)
3. One of four in the college court (4)
4. When Freud's inner self is admitted, it helps (4)
5. Cold epoch when diamonds mature (3,3)
6. State of undress is untidy, sadly (6)
8. Quick one caught in a wild gale (5)
9. Cain, strangely, was an ancient Peruvian (4)
13. Go in and cut a name in a felled tree (5)
14. Quiet league losing energy — what a nuisance! (6)
15. A hundred, caught in a rebuilt Essex, is too much (6)
16. Leak from a bore (4)
18. Gas in the north-east is working (4)
19. Charge one for a cab (4)
20. Carol loses nothing, becoming a churl (4)
21. Remain to speak about time (4)

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