10 Poison scare…
arsenic
manwithaplan, it is not revenue.
jjimm, you were making a partial guess on Late because of alarm with the ******, and not saying the answer’s obscene, right ;)? Because I think it’s
scared to death
Well done dono. And may I say that I particularly liked that clue. I always appreciate the punnish ones!
pan
This is a bit iffy but is “cost the earth”…
world-duty
It’s hard doing crosswords without the letters.
It is indeed hard. And no, that’s not it.
I’ll give you the letters I had when I got it, though it may make it a bit easy for some of the experts on this board.
C _ _ _ H - _ A _ _
pan
Don’t last long, do they? Try this one:
He put Irish union leaders in control of ship (6)
And what the hell - here’s some more (evil grin)…
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In the depot, William found some fabric (5)
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Objects and puts a stop to it (4)
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Dishevelled snakes sobbed (9)
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Accountant volunteers to search crypt (8) [this one may be a little tricky for our non-UK contestants!]
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Look after my duck with graduate qualification (7)
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Dad takes bird and sign to be remarkable things (9)
20 Dislike of French exam (6) [Quite a neat one this, I thought]
21 Rock ‘n’ roller’s conservative footwear? (4,5,5)
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Compact, not like MENSA!
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Espy change outside chirch and mind
Have at it!
pan
Let’s try this spoiler business:
Taxing active love-god about university
onerous
And 1, 2 and 9 are still up for grabs too.
Alright - maybe not no. 2 
- In the depot …
twill
- Compact …
dense
Just a couple that jumped right out at me. Off to think on the rest …
- Objects and puts a stop to it (4)
ends
- Dishevelled snakes sobbed (9)
windswept
20 Dislike of French exam (6)
detest
21 Rock ‘n’ roller’s conservative footwear? (4,5,5)
blue suede shoes
- Espy change outside chirch and mind
psyche
Oops! the Compact clue (no. 22) should be 8 letters, so is not “dense”!
And No 23 should be 6 letters.
My apologies
Blimey Usram, you are fast. I mean… I thought that jjimm, manwithaplan and dono were fast but… woah.
Still can’t do yours. Please tell me that I don’t have to know anything about Irish unions!
pan
no Irish union knowledge required
9 “crazy notebook”
made to measure
Where the **** is that river?
Please tell me 1 is…
crash-land
17 Accountant
catacomb
and I’m not even from the UK (but I see the ads on TV)
19. Dad takes bird …
phenomena
I liked that one.
Yorkshire, though I had to look that up.
It’s just one of the standard crossword rivers that crop up, like Uck, Wye and Weir.
pan