Cryptic across
1 Judges rock’s edge which takes half a day (6)
5 US public transport means to pursue vehicle cutback (6)
8 Arch Zion settlement is a city cursed by Jesus (8)
9 Sketch of the latest in tennis shirts and shorts (4)
10 Green location to hitch with girl, oddly, before coming home (6)
11 Greeting elements from Uppsala amicably (6)
12 He wrote a legend for Chelsea FC (4)
14 Nose about in Normandy, seeking a path to enlightenment... (3)
15 ...and novice is embraced by shunned religious sect (4)
16 5 Dn annex empty interior before the Normans (6)
18 Need, for example, a DNA coding to do list (6)
20 Young herring first seen in lower Don... (4)
21 ...river in Russia, mostly dead, and no one turns down this offering (8)
22 Quiet at home by a river in old Babylonia (6)
23 Double trouble: here’s Esther representing one who plotted to kill King Xerxes! (6)