CRYPTIC
Across
1 Brand leader’s drive to become theatrical centre (8) 5 Picked up sound of many cattle (4) 8 Hate interpretation coming after answer (8) 9 Run and hide (4) 11 Induction in tandoori cooking (10) 14 A graduate’s holding copper calculator (6) 15 Discharge starts as compassionate leave (6) 17 Set against tiller in the craft as protection from the tropical sun (4,6) 20 Cobblers surrounding unit in street fighting (4) 21 Changed at Saigon City (8) 22 Have the courage to enter restricted area (4) 23 Mark attendance, with someone from Prague leaving noisily (5,3)
Down
1 Live with Australian boyfriend (4) 2 Love gents writing on the wall (4) 3 Beside oneself when first caught in current (10) 4 Handsome young man posing on dais (6) 6 Use timer to stir when retired (8) 7 Go off on appointment to take up memo (8) 10 Digestive juice, like tear, can readily be put in the picture (10) 12 Paid to keep current unit from being spoilt (8) 13 Run up space for pony (8) 16 Pale at onset of brain drain (6) 18 Such a lovely little sign of holiness (4) 19 Run up and bolt down (4)