Across
7
20 down 23 where kennel empty? (7)
8
Gentle touch and scream for loyalist (7)
10
20 down 23 from fruit-eating political reformer, casually speaking (9)
12
20 down 23 that's in 14 (5)
13
Store food in besieged town, king having fled (4,4)
15
Drowning in espresso, a reluctant fly (4)
16
Selection in cooker (5)
17
Stay with president who's not all there (4)
18
Tight garments on soldiers, clothing no good (8)
20
Animal picked up dessert (5)
21
Gardener resolved to plant thousand in shade (4,5)
22
Aimlessly wander where seas are dry (4)
24
Significant amounts made on raids at sea (7)
Down
1
20 down 23, naff off and put a sock in it (4)
2
16 across and musical pattern right for setter (4-4)
3
Ass over-protects horse (6)
4
A gamble, when queasy, drinking tiniest bit of lemon squash, say (4,4)
5
20 down 23 has nan in bits, say (6)
6
20 down 23 seeing papal cigar? (4,5)
11
Two notes since rewritten, look back (9)
14
Deliberately obscure 20 down 23 (5)
16
Quisling, Frenchman withÂholding 20 down 23 (8)
19
20 down 23 two little boys catch, punching caveman from behind (6,7)
20
What might make a hot 14, say (6,4)
21
American 20 down 23 flipping benign, a disappointment, though not entirely (4)