1. 2.   3.  4.  5. g 6. g 7.
g   g g   g   g   g 8.   
9.  10.          g  
g g   g   g   g   g   g  
11.        g 12.     
  g   g g g   g   g   g  
13.    14.   g 15.      
  g   g   g 16. g g g   g  
17.      g 18.  19.     
  g   g   g   g   g   g g
  g 20.         21.  
22.    g   g   g   g g   g
  g   g 23.         

NB: Although strictly speaking 10 & 11 Down form a single word, that word is broken in the most obvious place.

ACROSS

1. Cattle pony, mouse-deer or pygmy hippopotamus? Not all are giving their names to others... (9)

8. ...to imitate another animal... (3)

9. ...sounding like a mob from the East with robust humour... (11)

11. ...(if such a mix of blooming... (7)

12. ...feminist and green far fringe characters... (5)

13. ...so awkwardly plumed can be tolerated... (6)

15. ...like some stiffer, retiring animal). (6)

17. In modern life, a graven nuisance... (5)

18. ...traps characters, with those like you and I, in the loft... (7)

20. ...with a meagre offering of pale sun to be sorted... (11)

22. ...by divine endowment (ie by birth), ... (3)

23. ...being judged as mighty, or just as standard male; unclear, confused. (9)

DOWN

2. Appeasement provides natural ammunition. (3)

3. Your talks, at their most extreme, say "no whites."... (5)

4. "...or," I say back, "only some Indians." (6)

5. One may be seen about the top of house. (7)

6,7. (1-Across) belted gizmo. (3,2,6, 9)

10,11. (1-Across) CLX balls. (20)

14. "In eternal sleep..." I tap hammer to write. (7)

16. "Last meal?" ... (6)

19. ... "Uh, soy dish... (5)

21. ... "and a bit of sausage from the country." (3)