Across
23d
Retirement habit: pays off to carry stick (7)
Contact the Guardian about job centre that's unfeeling (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[j]O[b] in CALL US
Possibly keen to do this vocally? (5)
Unscrupulous opportunist immersing copper-backed tin in drink (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of CU + CAN (tin) in BEER
Bill & Co limp off to quiet do (10)
Submerge head and keep under flat-bottomed boat (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter of Submerge + COW (keep under)
Inspector May's false subconscious memory (12)
One means of improving athletic performance: live with military officer somewhere beyond Mars! (8,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A STEROID (way of improving performance) + BE (live) + LT (lieutenant)
6d
Play card with real finesse (4,4)
Male only wants car that's big of its kind and aggressive-looking (4,6)
Only females love males to wear father's spectacles (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HEN (female-only – counterpart to stag) + O (love) MEN in PA
Trainee state police officer cut short (5)
Ends let out and pressed close (7)
Unexpectedly present a twisty firework (7)
Down
Ornamental garden plant — holding one, state politicians squeal (6,5)
Jack (lightweight) gets a shock (6)
Drive home, back into awful torment in part of Paris (10)
Forecaster lives up near far end of Hull (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of IS (lives) + BY + [Hul]L
Tip: start to search (search methodically) for a kind of cap (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COCK (to tip, as in a cocked hat) + S[earch] + COMB (search methodically) – a cockscomb is a jester’s cap
See 21
Past players rather dull? (8)
Cover up of certain features of Cromwell's reversal at Derby? (5,3)
Come to a conclusion about Uncle Dicky, social media promoter (10)
In-depth disheartened author's novel means of putting characters on paper (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of IN DEPTH + A[utho]R
Recoil at political bias employed by one who serves? (8)
Most attractive types, those basking on the beach, lapping up temperature (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T in SUNNERS (sunbathers)
Set about catching wild dog that's hard going to put away (6)
A month with English theatre's top group (6)
See 1
Pass round women's head covering (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue