| SKIDOO | 23- ______ (leave fast) |
| SCOOT | Leave fast |
| BRUSHOFF | Leave fast after key dismissal (5-3) |
| LENTIGO | I leave fast before getting a freckle |
| RAPID | Knock one down, have to leave fast (5) |
| LET | Allowed knight to leave fast |
| FRESCO | I'll leave fast food firm, having painted wall |
| SODA | Toff leaves fast food and drink (4) |
| SKIDDOO | "23 ___!" (Roaring Twenties saying) |
| ROMANTIC | Extravagant description of 23 ___ an habitual response (8) |
| SPECIMEN | Exemplum; Cicero (Tusc 5.55) thought 23 ____ humanitatis |
| SIMONPETER | 18 to 23 ___ person confused with time (5,5) |
| LIVINGBOY | Here he is, according to Paul Simon, while Tom flies to Mexico, 14/23 ___ (6,3,2,3,4) |
| HAPPY | It's the festive phrase you'll hear over and over again starting on 1/1/23: "___ New Year!" |
| ELLIE | British gymnast who recently announced her retirement at the age of 23, _ Downie (5) |
| HOUSE | 23 __, semi-autobiographical Dostoevsky novel a€“ or a video game also known as Curien Mansion (3,5,2,3,4) |
| MERCHANT | 23 __, Shakespeare play in which some action takes place on the 3 (3,8,2,6) |
| ANDME | 23___ (company whose name is illustrated at the start of our theme entries' two words, since W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet) |
| ITOR | "Love ___ leave it" |
| MEOR | "Love ___ leave me..." (ABBA lyric) |
