Times Quick Cryptic No 1913 by Felix

I very much enjoyed this puzzle from Felix, completing it just inside 11 minutes.  Some minimum GK required (11a), but nothing to cause any undue concern.  I expect to see some fast times as a result.  WOD has to be 15a, and COD to 8d for the neat surface.

Across

1  Some attitude: let everyone strike (6)
DELETE – Hidden (some) inside [attitu}DE: LET E{veryone}.  DELETE, as in to strike from the record.
4  Work, going forward and back, for counterpart (4)
OPPO – OP (opus or work) twice, once forwards, once backwards.  OPPO is itself an informal short form for OPPOsite number (counterpart).
9  Name Old Boy in case most virtuous (7)
NOBLEST – N{ame} O{ld} B{oy} and LEST (in case).
10  Trouble acquiring voting system within a month (5)
APRIL – PR (proportional representation – voting system) inside (within) AIL (trouble).  This is the second time we have had PR for voting system inside a couple of weeks.
11  Willing maiden grabbed by anonymous Greek hero (9)
AGAMEMNON – GAME (willing) M{aiden} inside (grabbed by) ANON (anonymous).  AGAMEMNON was the king of Mycenae, who led the combined Greek forces in the Trojan War.
12  One’s holding loud objections (3)
IFS – I’S (one’s) containing (holding) F (Forte, meaning loud in music).  IFS and buts are objections to a plan of action.
13  Withdraw from paradise, briefly after a moment (6)
SECEDE – SEC{ond} (moment) followed by EDE{n} (paradise briefly).  To SECEDE is to withdraw from a federation, etc., as the UK has recently SECEDEd from the EU.
15  Beat with right hand?  Dreadful myth (6)
RHYTHM – R{ight} H{and} and an anagram (dreadful) of [MYTH].  RHYTHM is one of the longer words in English that doesn’t contain a vowel, which may make the answer difficult to spot.
17  Cuppa from Peg, we hear (3)
TEA – Homophone clue, sounds like (we hear) TEE as in a golfer’s tee peg.
18  Frees one in Calais?  He’s crossing meadows (9)
UNLEASHES – UN (one in Calais or France) and HE’S (he’s) either side of (crossing) LEAS (meadows).
21  Praise, employing some pretext, oligarch (5)
EXTOL – Hidden (employing some) inside {pret}EXT, OL{igarch}.
22  One feels insect repelled girl (7)
ANTENNA – ANT (insect) and ANNE (girl) reversed (repelled).
23 Leave Father Jack in the end holding last of liquor (4)
PARK – PA (father) and {jac}K (in the end) holding {liquor}R (last of).
24  Commercial at this point getting stick (6)
ADHERE – AD (commercial) and HERE (at this point).
 
Down

Refusals of Pope, finally, to visit Craggy Island (7)
DENIALS – Anagram (craggy) of [ISLAND] and {pop}E (finally).
Sign left one bishop really angry, to start with (5)
LIBRA – L{eft} I (one) B{ishop} R{eally} A{ngry} (to start with).
3  Tune Mrs Doyle ruined to a great extent (12)
TREMENDOUSLY – Anagram (ruined) of [TUNE MRS DOYLE].
5  Strange priests carry on (7)
PERSIST – Anagram (strange) of [PRIESTS].
6 Lascivious looks Dougal gets every so often (5)
OGLES – Alternate letters (every so often) of dOuGaL gEtS.
7 Put out tabloid newspaper: about time (4)
STUN – SUN (tabloid newspaper) containing (about) T{ime}.
8  Father Ted in a curious yellow (12)
FAINTHEARTED – Anagram (curious) of [FATHER TED IN A].
14  Black distillate company placed on communion table (4,3)
COAL TAR – CO{mpany} and ALTAR (communion table).
16  Mass, I bet, is a blunder (7)
MISTAKE – M[ass} I (I) and STAKE (bet).
17  Actor’s article’s on how play begins (5)
THESP – THE’S (article’s) and P{lay} (how it begins).  THESP is informal for actor, from Thespian.
19  Idle head one can toast (4)
LOAF – Double definition, the second cryptic.
20  It follows chicken: empty cage (5)
HENCE – HEN (chicken) and C{ag}E (empty, i.e. take out the contents of).

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