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Across

1 Shop around for a well-known spice (4) 3 Scurries south with outdoor enthusiasts (8)

9 More cheesy, or containing more kernels? (7)

10 Wanting no more bad dates! (5)

11 Police department eating and making others do so (5-7) 13 Dark and abandoned dobermans roamed (6)

15 Mild regent led without seeing red (6) 17 Clean up act – be kind of intolerable (12) 20 Shape-shifted on stage (5)

21 Poor runt was not in attendance (7) 22 Least dense boxes set out (8)

23 Bit of sweat always begins in bed (4)

Down

1 Anti-war campaigner seen outside Pacific outpost (8)

2 Insurers without sin are more confident (5) 4 You can do it headlong or lifelong? (6)

5 I’m upset and depressed! Enterprise was a catastrophe! (12) 6 What dinosaurs are (or used to be) can be seen with type of scan (7)

7 Ally dies, unfortunately (4)

8 Make redundant party snacks into little explosives (12) 12 Indeed, daring stunt is bested (8)

14 Mona maintained tan in Big Sky Country (7) 16 Ernie’s mate has removed interior bunks (6)

18 Loud boos become cheers when this is around (5)

19 Father is on board for health resorts (4)