Coffee Break Cryptic

30 March

Across

1. Clergyman has clay thrown out? Precisely! (10)
7. Sewing implements not quite unnecessary (7)
8. Carpenter is to go in without fish (5)
10. North-east race, after deductions (4)
11. I can roam about for pasta (8)
13. A group of directors on a ship (6)
15. A game with nets in? (6)
17. Meant to be at home, getting looked after (8)
18. Help with a Verdi opera (4)
21. Never-failing courage (5)
22. Make up your mind to do the puzzle again (7)
23. Agree to write (10)

Down

1. Proficient in a small department (5)
2. It's a little higher than the ankle - or a little lower! (4)
3. A little mischief-maker, a scallywag, a rogue (6)
4. Green tea brewed for a youngster (8)
5. Not lewd, wild or disappointed (3,4)
6. Swirling in and out in flood (10)
9. Part of the harness said to be put back (10)
12. Magnificence makes Edgar run (8)
14. Part of Canada - and parts of Iran too! (7)
16. Thirteen cards for eleven players in Scotland? (6)
19. I had been first but didn't work (5)
20. Norwegian capital in Czechoslovakia (4)