Cryptic crossword No 3,772

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• 1 downLeading eavesdropper working mafia goes after Marxist for surrendering again (12)
• 2 downIt's after Mussolini, say, denied Francis of Assisi in particular to get the swelling of separatists? (9)
• 3 downRolling most yarn into evenly recycled fiber (5)
• 4 downPerhaps dashing Apollo gives weapons their sheaths and songs without ends (9)
• 5 downNothing left in the theater evokes tradition (4)
• 6 downWe read you're going back on one country in downfall (9)
• 7 downWest Sudan eliminating second resistance leader to get involved in scheme (5)
• 9 downUS recalled flammable natural gas claiming 'Carbon Zero America' is not superficial (12)
• 13 downDavid's handler endlessly volunteered love first - look (9)
• 14 downEven Rome toppling and imprisoning king is not to occur again (9)
• 16 downA refusal uttered by Frenchman is trickery for the most part - time waiting between booty calls? (9)
• 20 downBrothers, or partial smile by two males (5)
• 22 downScheol regularly at the end of former accountant's livelihood? (5)
• 23 downBackwards Thoth knapsack contains his symbol? (4)