Across
1
Back side (scruff) of the neck (4)
3
Obvious; perceptible (8)
9
Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of colour (1853-1890) (3,4)
10
Classical Peloponnese city, once the greatest in Greece (5)
11
Contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used (6,2,4)
13
Hesitant; not certain (6)
15
Heavy, starchy and hard to digest (6)
21
Requiring free oxygen for respiration (7)
22
O! I'm sharp (anag) (8)
23
Image, often carved, worshipped as a god (4)
Down
1
Colour traditionally worn by officers at sea (4,4)
2
Burgundy grape of several varieties (5)
4
Israeli port, one of the five major Philistine cities (6)
5
Take foolish risks (4,4,4)
6
Intolerant; racially or religiously biased (7)
7
Move quietly: leisure (4)
8
One self-propelled on several wheels (6-6)
12
Fabulous, fictitious or idealised, as in a reference to the past (8)
14
Code of law derived from the Qu'ran and Mohammed's teachings (7)
18
Affected by hydrophobia (5)
19
Sacred Hindu writings (4)