1: Kingdom very mountainous at first (5)
2: Surgical tool gutting curvy coquette (7)
3: Boil pasta for one; 'no more' (9)
4: Having red nose, turned back (7)
5: Publish and be exhausted (4,3)
6: Stories least translated (5)
7: Strike true form with cloud nine (7)
8: Recipient of drink describing gown with energy (9)
13: Running across adventurous sap, I rappel backwards at the same rate (4,5)
14: Managed to let Zara make a glory hole (9)
16: Distance to pull cart up before time (7)
17: Dawdles aimlessly and walks funny (7)
18: Pacino returns with story about Northern Italian dish (7)
19: It involves, initially, my intention to fake right, perhaps? (7)
21: Removes from office and bags (5)
23: Latin lives of Evita explained within (5)