1: The portrayal of things as they are in Mailer's novel (7)
2: Something lacking in brief season (9)
3: Fabulous setting for Biblical character: American state (9)
4: San Francisco athlete captures wild boar, an obvious choice (2-7)
5: Relieves each emergency service (5)
6: Principle unaffected by revolution (5)
7: Bolted up tiptop earthenware (5)
8: Very young cat I lost in an ancient city (7)
15: Relative takes funny pose on glass bridge? (9)
16: Foolishly I air spats of beekeepers (9)
17: A country inn, a great building (9)
18: Records that could be hits (7)
19: Deck out detective, putting pants on backwards (5,2)
21: Adore inconstant nymph (5)
23: Laid off, breadwinner's starting to wing it (2-3)