Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. They provide fuel records (4) 3. Observed the beaks they’re mergansers (8) 9. Behaved playfully subjected to a search (7) 10. Measure a young animal

by it (5) 11. Making the pitch too big but inflicting defeat (12) 13. The area of what was once temporary accommodation (6) 15. A woodworker who

becomes a member (6) 17. The affliction of one who experiences irregular beatings (5,7) 20. Stick to prohibition

outside (5) 21. Opposite directions included in characteristic conveyance (7) 22. They put on other

people’s clothes! (8) 23. Permanent settlers have

come to this (4)

DOWN

1. Surplus remained on top (8) 2. The conductor is caricatured, we hear (5) 4. They figure out the total number of poisonous creatures (6) 5. Presumably he’s not in the front rank of foresters (12) 6. Noble arrangement about an Eastern country (7) 7. Position from which to take aim, one hears (4) 8. Figures are cut on them by blades a foot long (7,5) 12. Describing the cleric who

is unusually spritely (8) 14. Upholder of the board (7) 16. Pressman tried to

change nothing inside (6) 18. Promotes sales - item of property put back inside (5) 19. The position of one who

has retired (4)