| GORBLIMEY | 20 down 23 from fruit-eating political reformer, casually speaking (9) |
| FAKEIDS | Some of my friends' say that they're 23, from Peoria, IL, etc. |
| LUCIFER | 23 from Venus |
| INTHE | Casually speaking? (2,3,10) |
| VERNACULAR | Casually speaking? (2,3,10) |
| MOLEDAY | It's celebrated by chemists on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. |
| SCAD | A whole bunch, casually speaking |
| CHARTISTS | Old political reformers sit up breaking records (9) |
| AUTOMATON | Fruit-eating relative's short of time, being worked invariably (9) |
| FLYINGFOX | Large fruit-eating bat (6,3) |
| WHATLLIDO | Describe my role in 21 down 23 down (6,1,2) |
| GASTRITIS | Way of cooking bird is about right as reason for 1 down 23? (9) |
| RADICAL | Political reformer briefly set to take on American state (7) |
| CHARTIST | Da Vinci by implication a political reformer? (8) |
| LABRADOR | Political reformer enlisted by US socialists in area of N America |
| SMILES | Samuel ?, Scottish political reformer whose works include 1859's Self-Help |
| SAVONAROLA | Girolamo, 15th century Italian religious and political reformer hanged and burned as a heretic (10) |
| COBBETT | Writer and political reformer noted for his Rural Rides |
| TURK | Young __: political reformer |
| SAMUEL | Scottish political reformer born in 1812 whose works include Thrift, Duty and Self-Help (6,6) |
