1: Pull 500 from newfallen snow (5)
2: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)
4: Initially tied with us, downhill racer was in contention? (7)
5: TV's Ellen, upset after last two bits edited out, broke contract (7)
6: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)
7: Excitedly rerun tape for thrill (9)
8: Evidently, the French are mixing heavenly (9)
10: Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing fitness to fly (13)
14: Color orange upset poet something terrible (5,4)
15: Greenspan hugs former wife and the German control freak Haig (9)
18: The portrayal of things as they are in Mailer's novel (7)
19: Noble lady even spies earl, eh, sis? (7)
22: Slow passage where rebel leader joins in gaol-break (5)
23: Inspect gold dust without refining initially (5)