4a) Refugee seen before catching a Russian plane (6) ?M????
10a) Take back the engineers' pamphlet (7) R?T?A?T
11a) First take some cookery books (5) T????
14a) An opening, say, for love (5) ?D???
23a) A dog, note, given to Stan's partner (6) ?O?L?L
2d) 'P' announced after a race (8,5) S?A???N?, P?I?E
17d) Live on a ship, i.e. the Elizabeth (6) ?E?S??