Puzzles April 2023

Across

• 1 Story is a gap filler (4)
• 3 Bore remade it after a fashion (8)
• 9 Free time is supplied by the French head of Interpol certainly (7)
• 10 German city is one that gives it a good go (5)
• 11 We've all got one lone desk damaged in school (12)
• 14 Greek character's itching in the middle (3)
• 16 Almost arrive at the first answer (5)
• 17 Narrow, airless hotel (3)
• 18 Time for nude race action that lasts for three weeks? (4,2,6)
• 21 Move in some pain (5)
• 22 Graduates must start to get at the heart of Tim Rice (7)
• 23 I heard French man rented egg dish (8)
• 24 Heated uprisings concealed by cavalry in retreat (4)

Down

• 1 Pertinence of foreigner entering the back of this church (8)
• 2 Good skin rub (5)
• 4 Characters in choir expressed anger (3)
• 5 Change order to meet a shorter missionary (6,6)
• 6 I've heard Eee is an African city (7)
• 7 Bloody scarce (4)
• 8 Perhaps Dr Foster's garden centre reportedly has a touch of frost (7,5)
• 12 Get rid of comfort? That's about right (5)
• 13 Guardian in charge alongside head of automotive plant (8)
• 15 Atom is taking first of our peak energy (7)
• 19 Shearer maybe held back young antelope (5)
• 20 Father goes by open top rail (4)
• 22 Chewed morsel (3)