23a: state of remaining indefinitely (10): p?r?a???c?
18a: small dogs (4,8): ?k?? Terriers
7d: still around (6): e?t?n?
19d: smart, shapely (7): ????a?t...
1d: is this why there's the sweep of the heavens? (4-4): s??? D??? 2d: given some money, perhaps, having been in debt after the finish (7): e???w?? 8a: helps change first half of 9 (4): ???? 13a:...
4d: it is repeatedly brought up by an outstanding painter (6): t?t?a?
11a: information that is found in the arabian nights (5): g?n?e
22a: stop a small company taking fifty on (5): c?l?n...
1d: plump (5): ???e?
6a: exalted (7): ???e???
3d: Sprite (3): ???
The second letter of 1d is the second letter of 6a and the second letter of 3d is the 6th letter of 6a....