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

ACROSS

1. Sticks found in second fruit (6)

4. Misfortune for sodomist? (6)

9. Without doubt, animal pride preceded mostly rich friend (13)

10. Preserves truism: lab measurements return the same (7)

11. Rear of lift (5)

12. Risen, reformed and clean (5)

14. Film-like jelly, ... (5)

18. ... grey, like chook (5)

19. Blackout with redhead in fury (7)

21. Carving trap, ie twisting words (13)

22. From the outset, Edward reversed hate (6)

23. Stop edges and extremities of exhausts (6)

DOWN

1. Cheats badly to make tea, perhaps (6)

2. Net blames this crazy aristocracy (13)

3. Royal beer brought up (5)

5. Releases scattered sun rock (7)

6. Soothing oil film? No, I act awfully (13)

7. Dispersed my herd and ended alike (6)

8. Part of earth's crispy top: iron ore (5)

13. Lands as tattered as some of JC's apparel (7)

15. Packed odd mad pet (6)

16. Funny about the universe - no second (5)

17. Blends in, but is former Gestapo (6)

20. Vagrant true on sloping path (5)