Complete
00:00:00
6 7 10 13 17 21 23 1 14 2 12 11 3 16 22 15 4 8 20 18 5 19 9
  1. 1 a Dabbler in the arts? (10)
  2. 7 a Out of a hundred (3,4)
  3. 8 a Direction — thorn (anag) (5)
  4. 10 a International currency (4)
  5. 11 a Infernal South African buzzer (8)
  6. 13 a Clear (6)
  7. 15 a Chesty (anag) — cut (6)
  8. 17 a California city, setting for Steinbeck's Cannery Row (8)
  9. 18 a Declines (4)
  10. 21 a Message (from a bird?) (5)
  11. 22 a Interpretation from a different viewpoint (7)
  12. 23 a Neutral area between opponents (6,4)
  13. 1 d More desperate (5)
  14. 2 d Art song for voice and piano (4)
  15. 3 d I disapprove! (3-3)
  16. 4 d Declare (8)
  17. 5 d Woe (7)
  18. 6 d How fast one may go, legally (5,5)
  19. 9 d Providential (6-4)
  20. 12 d Drink consumed after a meal (8)
  21. 14 d Old cloak — tame Una (anag) (7)
  22. 16 d Semi-aquatic rodent — work hard (6)
  23. 19 d Newly-wed (5)
  24. 20 d Liveliness (4)

Across

Down