8  Lax at sea catching nothing much - just a Mexican salamander (7)

 9  Depart after loud noise from wild dog (5)

10 Leave out large rubbish container (4)

11 Slow-moving reptile raced Barbie and Mr Potato Head, we hear? (8)

13 Play around with £500 primate (6)

14 Return big book on historian of the Roman Empire (6)

17 Lad ropes wandering big cats (8)

19 Have no illusions about restraining fierce predator (4)

21 Row about head of giant Siberian beast (5)

22 Blunder around Ireland to find who's eating the leaves at the top of the trees (7)

23 Book about dessert on the railway is a load of nonsense (10)

 2  Internet movement causes strong feeling (7)

 3  Original source of carrot, say? (4)

 4  Incompletely season my French fish (6)

 5  Most of intel laid out line by line (2,6)

 6  Boredom leads to endless nights nursing unbearable insomnia (5)

 7  System of rules can never go wrong (10)

 8  Develop full understanding of elitism as a corruption (10)

12 Cast spell on a good sheep to create star-shaped figure (8)

15 Shorter information provider (7)

16 A soldier in trouble for slow movement (6)

18 Should be purchased unopened (5)

20 Test not entirely for all (4)