CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 They help to house first of baby bears (6) 5 Current company on road to agreement (6) 8 Brand colour (not gold) (4) 9 See ship as part of make‑up (8) 10 Unexpectedly find a gel obtained by swindling (8) 11 Bath – used to be hot (4) 12 One churchman or another going round county (6) 14 Hold plum, having lost first three (6) 16 Always requiring some leverage (4) 18 Boy about to ring one for a shallot (8) 20 Non‑striker’s filthy stump (8) 21 Smart young bird missing tail (4) 22 A revolutionary leader leaves one state for another (6) 23 Round start of grocery aisle, chopped fodder (6) DOWN 2 Wound round cross, after gold compound (7) 3 Girl in London – naked! (5) 4 Men ill at sea, good sailor on board produces reviving potion (8,5) 5 City boy is beef producer (8,5) 6 Nearly opening comic for a chat (7) 7 Staggers through the dances (5) 13 Capital city with vehicle mediation body (7) 15 Radiant good cattle sound (7) 17 Everybody, plus four, go back to holiday home (5) 19 Your pub needed for minor op? (5)