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1a
Puzzle (6)
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4a
Important — ex-PM (5)
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7a
Picture house (6)
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8a
Reports of the work of a society or learned body (6)
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9a
Highlander, say (4)
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10a
Valuable rock for cutting and polishing (8)
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12a
Impassive (11)
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17a
Announce (8)
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19a
Small gentle animal (worth £25?) (4)
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20a
Flower — Bertie Wooster's aunt (6)
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21a
Lacking any breadth of view (6)
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22a
Tall and thin (5)
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23a
French head of state following François Hollande (6)
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1d
French bread (7)
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2d
Artist of consummate skill (7)
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3d
James Hilton's mythical paradise (7-2)
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4d
Mathematical operation (5)
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5d
Desiring what others have (7)
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6d
Brown with a red tinge (6)
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11d
Single obsession (9)
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13d
Medium-sized water bird without webbed feet (7)
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14d
Beethoven piano concerto, Op. 73 (7)
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15d
Period at the end of the day (7)
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16d
An arachnid (6)
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18d
Conceited — flashy — aggressive (5)