ACROSS
 1. <tool that attaches> STAPLE GUN = TAP LEG inside SUN
 6. W off WIMPS = IMPS <mischief-makers>
 8. <nocturnal South African> AARDWOLF = ←FLOW DRAMA - M←
 9. _SI_ inside TANG = TASING <shocking>
10. L inside KIN = KILN <baker>
11. <awful> HORRENDOUS = HORUS outside (ON RED)*
12. (WHIP LASH) = WHIPLASH <movie about percussionist>
14. JO inside DIN = DIJON <somewhere in Burgundy>
15. <royal family> CAPET = CAP _ET_
16. 🇩🇪YES🇩🇪 CO BITE = JACOBITE <royalist rebel>
18. <time> MIDDLE AGES = MIDGES outside LEAD*
20. <say Sue Perkins> BRIT = BIT outside R
21. GAME + T_E = GAMETE <egg?>
22. <amused reaction> LAUGHTER = SLAUGHTER - S_
23. <part of ship> HELM <armour>
24. ←🇩🇪THE🇩🇪 HS← 🇩🇪THE🇩🇪 S_ = SHREDDIES <breakfast food>

DOWN
 1. <language> SPANISH = _S inside SPAN I H
 2. _AUDE_ N_ = AUDEN <poet>
 3. <brave person> LIONHEART = ←T_R A_E H_N O_I L←
 4. <savage> GO FOR THE JUGULAR = (AUTHOR OF JUGGLER)*
 5. ←(.p)ERTIN(e.)← = NITRE <fertiliser>
 6. ←JEDI inside BOSNI_← = INSIDE JOB <crime>
 7. PENG U IN = PENGUIN <winger>
13. <long shot> PIPE DREAM = PIP ED + REAM
14. DAD outside (CH + SHUN) = DACHSHUND <dog>
15. <traffic-calming measure> CHICANE = CHIC AN _E
17. TRICE P_S = TRICEPS <arm muscle>
19. <odds> EVENS = ⭯SEVEN⭯
20. BAH AI = BAHAI <religion>