Cryptic crossword
ACROSS
1. Come, there’s endless mercy in trade (8)
5. Knotty rock (4)
9. Clink of spoon against basin? (4)
10. Awful result of dud flare (8)
11. Judge not; though he swears in court (5)
12. Width of ten vessels between two points (7)
13. Pop! Litter dies. Solution must be found for keen mother (13)
18. Dwelling, for men in principle (8)
19. A pest of a bullet (4)
20. Raise confusion over late Eve (7)
21. Important person hesitates – the poisoner (5)
22. Such repetition is fair (2-2)
23. Hide back in stage and become motionless (8)
DOWN
2. Do brute caper and push in unasked (7)
3. Mother Church on one radio pioneer (7)
4. Sender of 13 down has literary post (13)
6. Fed fine and became a man of respect (7)
7. There’s a sell up in centre stuff; and it’s stuffed more than most (7)
8. Spotted five hundred fruit (6)
13. Landlords eject settler (7)
14. Better boatmen? (7)
15. Lower demeanour doesn’t belong to us (6)
16. Sun and air’s featured in this nationality (7)
17. Take pittance with ease. The result is far from sweet (7)