CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Army entertainer (4)
3 Plan to study an outstanding feature of the church (8)
9 Felt better having met together (7)
10 A boxer needs to know them (5)
11 Describing a course that is difficult to assimilate (12)
13 The bat makes a noise (6) 15 Unusual dearth of sewing material (6)
17 Act against the law, as anti-monarchists wish to do? (5,3,4)
20 A large number of people quarrel in civil Defence (5) 21 Mean to make a declaration before very long (7)
22 Householder tries changing the study inside (8)
23 Where many a serviceman eats hash (4)
Down
1 They keep on worrying cross-country competitors (8)
2 Thus the cover is quite reliable (5)
4 Most senior people would be so described (6) 5 Removed all the crooks! (12)
6 A sudden inclination to act - I'm getting a heartthrob (7)
7 Language expressed in shorter sentences (4)
8 How the one-armed bandit works? (6-6)
12 State of unemployment
(8)
14 Chemical containers for lads who attend to motors (7)
16 This is the breed to make a great effort (6)
18 It's normal practice for you and me to grow old (5)
19 What the injury leaves will cause endless alarm (4)