ACROSS
- 1/23 Nursery equipment for drama writers (8)
- 3 Raised in value, but he can end by being ruined (8)
- 8 Type yet to be found, we hear (4)
- 9 Macabre morgues relocated near the capital of England (8)
- 11 One whose questions are couched in changing people's minds! (12)
- 13 Those who are saddled with additional clauses (6)
- 14 What warplanes do to produce faster chaos (6)
- 17 Supreme description of the winner (6-2-4)
- 20 Remove the folds to reduce the size (8)
- 21 Moves smartly to turn back (4)
- 22 Raising no objection when the French come in to shout bombastically (8)
- 23 See 1
DOWN
- 1 Authorisation to travel beyond the harbour (8)
- 2 Dressed for a sortie, one hears (7)
- 4 Kind of architecture shows by restored northern manor (6)
- 5 Unusually bare food allowance producing mental lapse (10)
- 6 Footwear prevents freedom of movement (5)
- 7 Parliament providing a number of prescribed courses (4)
- 10 Race to hire different driver (10)
- 12 Removes bonds and makes a new tenure agreement (8)
- 15 It is poisonous and it is put in an ice-cream container (7)
- 16 Is "Rum Lad" this sort of favourite? (4,2)
- 18 It sounds like forty in Roman numerals, but go one better! (5)
- 19 Reverse a current trend and decide what to print (4)