Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. Clara’s upset by the scoundrel (6)

4. Put a hole in part of the rifle, we hear (6) 9. Previous feats surpassed - as the result of slipped discs? (6,7)

10. She has a high range of performance (7)

11. America for example put back one of the customs (5)

12. Changes direction... (5) 14 . ... to make these lines! (5)

18. Beheading the cleric is a light crime! (5)

19. Describing one who is insured being held up by a gunman (7)

21. Description of explosive reaction that could be more than cruel! (13)

22. In the tangled reeds I live (6)

23. In the tangled reeds a letter is deleted! (6)

DOWN

1. Stoutly built public transport encircled by corrosion (6)

2. Put an end to daily information? No, it’s the very latest (4,5,4)

3. An age going back to the scene of battle (5) 5. He chooses solitary confinement (7)

6. Not just inspections of radio pick-up equipment (6,7) 7. Don’t waste time coming from Athens (6)

8. Is it made from brushwood? (5)

13. Man coming back in a rush to be given another title (7)

15. He fails to save the western flower (6)

16. Cosmetic preparation dispatched, we hear (5)

17. Very much liked to make a fuss with Communist following (6)

20. Some of the civic arrangements for the service-man (5)