1: Ruddy rare steak, say? (7)
2: One giving evidence, if ignored, would be more snappish (9)
3: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)
4: Ray! Say lad, smile! (7)
5: Notice the parts of speech and get different parts of speech (7)
6: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)
7: This identifies the literary epic at the outset! (5)
10: As in 'Lee goes back to the drawing board' (5)
13: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)
16: Creature of habit goes in to pay upon receipt of drink? It's puzzling. (9)
17: Pull 500 from newfallen snow (5)
18: Distance to pull cart up before time (7)
19: A child toils to produce poems (7)
20: Certain engines stall less jerkily (7)
22: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)