Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. Area covered by a race? (4) 3. Cattle truck used for racing (5,3) 9. The soil can be unfriendly (7) 10. Films of dances (5) 11. Mighty beefy (6,2,2,2) 13. They’re entitled to cross (6) 15. It’s not just a topless place of entertainment (6) 17. Give information of what

Ken’s beer consists of (5,3,4) 20. Doctor giving writing fluid to take internally (5) 21. In which one has to get one’s fare ready? (7) 22. Vessels to upset the girls (8) 23. Cupid’s sore back (4)

DOWN

1. Had sieve fixed with glue (8) 2. One getting up part of a stair (5) 4. The prohibition of an old

Greek city (6) 5. Hat created in error with undoubtedly fatal consequences (7,5) 6. Broken romance in an

Italian city (7) 7. Flower wine (4) 8. This provides formal cover for the consumer (6,6) 12. Gives gifts (8) 14. Ring nut made on a lathe (7) 16. Fireman who wrote

Dracula? (6) 18. Anaesthetic found in there? (5) 19. Worshipped image of

David O’Leary? (4)