Radio Times Prize Crossword 8

[Ancient]

9a: Desolate nobleman on the radio (6) ?a?r?n;
22a: Tidy as it comes to unfinished tip (6) N?????;
24a: Lacking resistance is quite trifling(5) ?????

[elliemay1]

9 barren

[scorpiojo]

Barren (baron)
Neat en(d)
P(R)etty

[Ancient]

Thank you, Scorpiojo and Elliemay1 - wonderful as ever! xx

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome. Good luck x

[JulietGolf]

I'm sorry if this is not in the right place, but I didn't want to start another thread. Rt8 xword 24a Lacking resistance is quite trifling. I got the answer (petty) and assumed that it came from "pretty" lacking the "r" for resistance, but please tell me where "pretty" came from in the first place. I'm obviously having a bad day!

[Mamyalynne]

Pretty = Quite

It was pretty/quite big.