4  Failure for lots of people at first (4)

 8  Flourish breakfast bowl? (8)

 9  Indian city artist is after silver (4)

11 Savagely cut guitar (3)

12 Antelopes and deer return to county (9)

13 Last to finish on river (6)

15 Heart of weapon to develop gradually (6)

18 Bat seen after dark in late entertainment venue (9)

19 Limit international honour (3)

20 Whichever way you look at it, it's twelve (4)

21 Bang on about not voting Conservative? (8)

22 Makes more of Dad's dishevelment (4)

23 Whispered comments as I dress oddly (6)

 1  Bet it's a cut of meat for the auditor (5)

 2  Cruelly rude winter to take on a risk (10)

 3  Methodical procedure Pansy's tempted to take on board (6)

 5  "Go!" I call hysterically - it's clearly reasonable (7)

 6  Afterthought to take in song and dramas (5)

 7  Jack to be idle - it's well alight (6)

10 Perfectly ethical over directors (5,5)

14 Tree - and who'd pee against it they tell me (7)

16 Large business network of politician in Ireland once (6)

17 Peels back skin at first - is dead to the world (6)

18 Type of turtle back in New Jersey area finally (5)

19 Annoyed mule? (5)