Crossword

Across

 1 Sailor caught in stupid line somehow, and that’s a fact! (12)

 8 Racketeer mostly refereed controversially (7)

 9 Get rid of Jamie Oliver’s instrument (5)

10 Remove trace of boomerang (5)

11 French novelist’s favourite part of the coast? (4)

13 For most of the warm period, no return to rally (6)

15 Calling to Asian country, it’s said (6)

17 Nothing more than a lake (4)

18 You French show back-chat about flower (5)

21 Without hesitation, revolutionary gets mixed up in fruit (5)

22 Drums used in Cats (3-4)

23 Can’t yet reply to change in minor crime (5, 7)