24 across is in favour of 23 down and 10 across getting compensated for lapse (4,3,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
paid for ones sins
'24 across is in favour' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'of 23 down and 10 across getting compensated for lapse' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'down' could be 'd' and 'd' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'for' is 'fro' which is present in the left over letters.
'lapse' could be 'sin' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'sin' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?