Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. A horse on dry land (6)

4. Make port in Russia as returning with poems (6)

9. Apparently not lodgings for stick-in-themuds! (8,5)

10. Be sulky despite heavenly colour (3,4)

11. Support for couple (5)

12. Hidden difficulties emerge getting horse into ship (5)

14. Get a feeling of the meaning (5)

18. A reduction for egghead is sharp (5)

19. Clearly no place for marine life (4,3)

21. It is said to wound (7,6)

22. Tiresome work for a judge? (6)

23. Sculptured figure of astute construction (6)

DOWN

1. Open conversation with current expense (6)

2. One obviously can’t make light work of it (5,8)

3. George’s head inauthentic surrounds looks kingly (5)

5. Long-lasting bad rule, unfortunately (7)

6. One who serves has to pass tins round (4,9)

7. Some jeans were recommended as the solution (6)

8. Notes about attack (5)

13. Like Keats’ urn in grace (7)

15. Mother’s little country house is a bringer of good luck (6)

16. Saying from the head, a German one (5)

17. Just the gear for a defensive move? (6)

20. Taped expert (5)