Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

2. An old car without a top will give rise to, emotion (5) 5. The poet of the Vatican? (4) 7. An old torch will provide the connection (4) 8. Dismissed for being untruthful away from the centre (8) 9. Direct involvement with the Southeast must be tactful (8) 11. Men manning (4) 12. One shouldn’t meet people face-to-face in these ways (3-3,7) 15. It encourages one to get back up in Summer first and last (4) 17. Moved to action by punctual head of newspaper (8) 19. Marital strife around the South caused by his scare tactics? (8) 21. A testament for such as Shakespeare (4) 22. Intend to be niggardly (4) 23. Right at the heart of precious stones there are bugs (5)

DOWN

1. What I think is, there’s work at home taking one on (7) 2. Squat bird: sounds like ‘e’s a bird of prey! (3) 3. Littlewoods in singular form? (5) 4. Farewell, sailor: what a turn-up – who’s knocking it? (3-1-3) 5. Look where one shouldn’t quietly on the railway (3) 6. Coppers seen in the open, celebrating (5) 10. Be in debt when in credit and sink in fear (5) 11. Fellow enheartened by energy that’s of little value (5) 13. Is, in a small way, sounding canine (7) 14. Tillers are shaken by such latticework (7) 16. Regular beat at which to encounter heartthrob? (5) 18. Williamson’s Tarka got terrier to hold it (5) 20. Manage to swim in shoals (3) 21. Used to be a set-up for a proverb (3)