1: Rise above fad, carrying recycled cans (9)
2: Mix up, in Social Security, passes (7)
3: Eliminate veiled content in sex pun, generally (7)
4: Genuine hesitation in church after transgression (7)
5: The French Mr Menzies is a rodent (7)
6: Sound measure when Bec lied badly (7)
7: How Nero holds one in control (5)
8: Gardener's concoction left in a lot (5)
15: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)
17: Top maintenance one hundred, including rising unemployment benefits sounds lovely! (7)
18: Bury 'im for the meantime (7)
19: I may be found in a sumptuous house in central Spain (7)
20: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)
21: Foreign military base to spout off (7)
22: Small pieces of choral works missing tenor part (5)
23: Accidentally unsex group with ties (5)