9a Person or event noted for intensity (10) " - - P - - - - - - R " 17a Old exclamation of surprise (5,2) " - L - R - - - " 21a Suffix denoting a female agent (4) " - - L - " 23a Volume of original documents for study (10) "S - U - C - B - O - " 2d Period of unrestrained revelry (10) "S - - U - N - - - A " 4d Having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics (10) " T - - G - C - - - C " 6d - Car racing, US form of motor sport (4) " - - - Y " 7d 1995 film, costume drama (10) " - - - D H A - - "
3d Aromatic plant formerly used as medicine (4) " N - - - "