Across
Is in control of distant armies abroad (13)
Part of the tide of lawlessness? (5,4)
One who proposes to go on board mid-April (5)
Striking centre spread that's way out (5)
Key worker at the hairdressers? (9)
An over self-indulgent action to gripe about (3,4)
Mince pie and preserve for the gourmet (7)
Came to a total that made sense (5,2)
Polite chap goes to fish (7)
Starting place for the three-legged race? (4,2,3)
Twig a starting price swindle (5)
Musical composition to catch on the heart (5)
Look! He's being taken in by girl, who is fluttering them? (9)
Type of school game obligatory for most high-fliers (8,5)
Down
Import teak, say, brought in by sea (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DRIFT + WOOD. 3. IRENE . IRE + (0)NE. 4. IN A FLAP . IFAPLAN*. 5. TREACLE . The dormouse talks about a ‘treacle well’ in Alice in Wonderland. 6. ADMISSION . double def. 7. ENVOI . (giv)EN VOI(ce). 8. OCTOGENARIANS . ONCEAGAINSORT* 9. ARCHAEOLOGIST . cryptic def. 15. RADIO STAR . double def. 17. UNEARTHED . double def. If an appliance is unearthed you could get an electric shock from it. 19. POMPEII . cryptic def. 20. GINSENG . INEGGS* around (mor)N(ing). 22. LINGO . L + IN GO. 23. SCALA . (to)SCA LA(st).
Girl providing passion to one lacking love (5)
If a plan goes awry, you might be (2,1,4)
Syrup well described by the Dormouse (7)
Right to enter guilty plea (9)
Given voice to provide some conclusive words (5)
Once again sort out those of a certain age (13)
He finds suitable digs before starting work (13)
A quasi-stellar object — like Terry Wogan? (5,4)
Turned up in shocking condition? (9)
There's a tonic in eggs scrambled around mid-morning (7)
Fifty, in turn, give tongue (5)
Opera house provided extract of Tosca last year (5)
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