CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Monarchy keeps coy (4) 3. A little firearm, ostensibly, is the furthest back (8) 9. Where a coach might pick up new clients (3,4) 10. Add a very loud nine (5) 11. Where Dolly may have received a clip round the ear (8,4) 13. Stimulate previous quote (6) 15. Reducing the size of his butt won’t improve his health, alas (6) 17. Stamp enthusiasts note Greek letter on overdue catalogues (12) 20. It’s apparently a crowd over there (5) 21. Fanatical admirers of a cooler golf stick (3,4) 22. Sad rites turned into a fiasco (8) 23. Dread dropping the feather (4)

DOWN

1. Morning bus he’d taken, by surprise (8) 2. Cats travel east in social group (5) 4. Export only fifty percent and get bigger (6) 5. It’s looking like a wrap for Act 1, Scene 1 of Coming Together Again (12) 6. Discount time away from top (3-4) 7. New start for next words (4) 8. They relate to their audience (12) 12. Upright connection for angry lawyers (8) 14. Company short-changed colleagues (7) 16. Smother in dust if lead-free (6) 18. Find the answer to love’s mystery (5) 19. Earring worn by a ladies’ man (4)