Weekend Quick Cryptic 100 - Solution

Although The Times has bowed to pressure and started providing a Saturday Quick Cryptic crossword, my fellow TimesforTheTimes contributors Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce Quick Cryptic crosswords to fill the gap left by the Sunday Times not having one. The plan is for us to take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's my turn. 

You can find a link to this week's crossword here and the answers below. Did you find the Nina? Feel free to leave any comments or questions here as you would do on TfTT. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

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Hints and tips...

Some hints and tips:

• The Nina is 24 letters long and runs clockwise. It may help in the NW corner of the puzzle.
• 7A is a Latin word often used on garden gates in the Latin for "Beware of the dog".
• A full definition for 9A would be "A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox".
• The sword in 23A is used in fencing. 
• The answer to 1D describes a way to lay out data in a document.
• In 3D the strong drink is not alcoholic.

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Solution and explanation of the answers...

The Nina starts in the top row of unchecked letters and goes clockwise spelling out THE ONE HUNDREDTH WEEKEND QC,

Definitions  underlined in bold italics , ( Abc )* indicating anagram of Abc,  {deletions} and [] other indicators.

Across
7 Beware of the pothole! (4)
CAVE – Double definition. The first definition is from the Latin. You may have seen CAVE CANEM on some garden gates (Beware of the dog). The surface, of course, is a reminder of the parlous states of the roads in this country.
8 Noticed incisor maybe becoming serrated (8)
SAWTOOTH – SAW (noticed) TOOTH (incisor maybe).
9 Duck to avoid Conservative religious friend (6)
QUAKER – QUA{c}KER (duck) without the C (Conservative). Quakers are people who belong to The Religious Society of Friends.
10 Mixed saunas come from here in the Bahamas (6)
NASSAU – (saunas)* [mixed].
11 Bewilderment of some displaced Azerbaijanis (4)
DAZE – Hidden in displaceD AZErbaijanis.
12 Stupidly names Sid as churchwarden's assistant (8)
SIDESMAN – (names Sid)* [stupidly].
15 Hacks gathered here from every direction to back Heath (8)
NEWSROOM – NEWS (the 4 points of the compass; from every direction), MOOR (heath) reversed -> ROOM.
17 Recycle kids slide (4)
SKID – Cycle the letters of “KIDS”, moving the last letter to the first -> SKID. If you thought “recycle” was an anagram indicator, that works too.
18 Wears down queen with poetry (6)
ERODES – ER (the late queen), ODES (poetry).
21 Psychedelic trance from heavenly drink (6)
NECTAR – (trance) [psychedelic].
22 Underwear thieves reported! (8)
KNICKERS – Sounds like NICKERS (thieves) [reported].
23 English nobleman's short sword (4)
ÉPÉE – E (English) PEE{r} (nobleman) without the last letter.
 
Down
1 Bill you picked up over time for order? (8)
TABULATE – TAB (bill) U sounds like (you), [picked up], LATE (over time).
2 Good grief! The French interrupt a speaker rudely (6)
HECKLE – HECK (good grief) LE (the in French).
3 Oil company entertains no end of journalists with strong drink (8)
ESPRESSO – PRES{s} journalists without the last letter [no end] in ESSO (oil company).
4 Old and not so old rising war poet (4)
OWEN – O (old) NEW (not so old) [rising] -> WEN. The poet Wilfrid Owen.
5 Number One regularly seems to produce loud unpleasant sounds (6)
NOISES – NO (number) I (one) and alternate letters, [regularly], of SeEmS. I’ve never liked pop music. Can you tell?
6 Hotspot seen in Vietnam (4)
ETNA – Hidden in ViETNAm. I slightly whimsical definition.
13 Drop off attractive girl possessing short dress (8)
DIMINISH – MINI (short dress) in DISH (attractive girl).
14 Brought to life by Walt? (8)
ANIMATED – Double definition the second a cryptic hint referring to Walt Disney.
16 Escort embraces French nobleman in bed (6)
SEDUCE – DUC (French nobleman) in SEE (escort; date). Escort, FWIW, is 16^th of 26 definition in Chambers of SEE.
17 Crete's awful hidden knowledge (6)
SECRET – (Crete’s)* [awful].
19 Romeo originally a French character from the past (4)
RUNE – First letter of R{omeo} [originally], UNE (a in French).
20 Uprising of feeble Tories creates turmoil (4)
STEW – WETS (feeble Tories) [uprising] -> STEW.