CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Fledgling's covering in lower part (4)

3. Do things separately perhaps to behave hypocritically (3,1,4)

8. Border on which one is nervy (4)

9. Thorough training in hole-making? (8)

11. Reap dividends from concern about lottery result? (4,8)

13. Elation felt when in a rising elevator (6)

14. Unethical when spoken in the morning (6)

17. Rather poor finish causing much sorrow (5-7)

20. Narratives found in the books

(8) 21. Money-making herb (4)

22. Rib Beryl about fruit (8)

23. 500 years old? That's very old! (4)

Down

1. Doctor finds feudal system terrible (8)

2. Happy dog? No, a bird (7)

4. Dog made a meal of parson (6)

5. Temptation for everybody to find false men true (10)

6. A girl gone wrong (5)

7. Clothes from heads of the old German states (4)

10. M represents melody? Bad

luck (10)

12. Shattered lamp in bed (8)

15. Abuse of part of fence (7)

16. Author sounds more correct (6)

18. Slippery customer, about 90, will do better than most (5)

19. Young animal devoted to essayist (4)