Salmon's Cryptic no.9


Cryptic Crossword no.9

No local references this time. About ten answers are of a kind.

ACROSS

..1...Tahini boat for 8. (10)
..7...Silk handkerchief from mad French fat. (7)
..8...Endured sailor's poem. (5)
10...Saw I should be heard. (4)
11...Hedge planting for type of concrete. (8)
13...Magnate from City, co-onlooker gets a shock. (6)
15...Aspire to go to old Iran. (6)
17...Riot thug played without reserve. (8)
18...The sailor by the French can. (4)
21...Giraffe is alright on Applications Programming Interface. (5)
22...Green 1D's derived from one salt. (4-3)
23...Dealer-type twists again — and again. (10)
DOWN

1, 2..Shoe about 1A on water. (5,4)
..3....ID mute about its wearisomeness. (6)
4,14..Tch! Dog ate the cat in covered 1A!. (8,7)
..5....Players' love to tramp is around the Street. (7)
..6....Auto offset with feeling! (10)
..9....Eastern sex — maybe sixth! (5,5)
12....Mice lido swims to 1A. (8)
14....See 4.
16....Gossip about the French 1A. (6)
19....Irish 14 when the two join at the end of July! (5)
20....After 1D comes the servant. (4)


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