2: A couple of eerie bears look quietly, and slip away (5)
3: All the same, I lanced it, painfully (9)
4: Desired rotten insults (7)
5: Leaves permitted by cute cook (7)
6: We turned up with endless Irish pitchers (5)
7: Will examine congregation's response to priest's termination (9)
8: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)
9: Little weight spoils head honcho in sophisticated secondary institute (7,6)
13: Unspoken corruption - born venal! (3-6)
15: Companion to take care of worker (9)
17: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)
18: Lead around other green (7)
20: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)
22: Gershwin comes back on train with tortured spirit (5)