| 1 | Nut married before noon in colony of New France (9) |
| 2 | Shabby cinema bound to spread sound (7) |
| 3 | Bury English playwright without the head (5) |
| 4 | Part of play organised game behind theatre backdrop (9) |
| 5 | Bank's claim about new material (5) |
| 6 | Target number translated into words by someone else (9) |
| 7 | Cold surface moulded rice covered with black liquid (3,4) |
| 8 | Roll in the lawn and chant the name of a destroyed city (5) |
| 13 | Talk at length about sin, backing Talmudic adherent (9) |
| 14 | Brave actions going astray in strange uprising (7-2) |
| 16 | Fancies couple climbing a lot (9) |
| 18 | English weaver of legend dropping new complaint (7) |
| 20 | Cricket player secures India more bananas (7) |
| 21 | Is in Spain after brief craze loses its lustre (5) |
| 22 | Being in a river, Diana swims (5) |
| 23 | In fateful day, Liberal runs out of gear (5) |