2: Compile an anagram: cop in male form (9)
3: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)
4: Violent overthrow of government up to cadet, unfortunately (4,5)
5: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)
6: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).
7: She used to be called Celia (5)
8: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)
9: Ace practised a lot by female golfer in a state of decline (2,1,3,3)
12: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)
13: Cry at nothing and hope to be only slightly cowardly? (9)
15: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)
16: I may fall into pit in a remote country (9)
20: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)
21: State charted illegal payments (5)
22: The time before the first woman (3)
23: Former name for joint audition (3)