Times Quick Cryptic No 2103 by Wurm

Thanks to Wurm for the workout – there were a few tricky bits of parsing along the way.

Across

1  Black lagoon swirling in city (7)
BOLOGNA – Anagram (swirling) of [LAGOON] after B{lack}, to give the northern Italian city.
5  Never right, agriculturist comes to prominence (4)
FAME – FA{r}ME{r} (FARMER = agriculturist), but drops the letters R (never right).
7 Major artery in Longleat Road to the west (5)
AORTA – Reverse (to the west) hidden in {longle}AT ROA{d}.
8  Private taxi almost back in one minute, making turn (7)
MINICAB – BAC{k} (almost back) IN (in) I (one) M{inute) all reversed (making turn).
10  There’s nothing in Kenilworth (3)
NIL – Hidden in {ke}NIL{worth}.  There are more than 22,000 residents in Warwickshire that might disagree with this statement.
11  UK decried broken down supplier (5,4)
EIDER DUCK – Anagram (broken) of [UK DECRIED].  Nice surface here, requiring ‘broken down’ to be lifted and separated, and then DOWN to be combined with SUPPLIER.
13  Judge I see with priest and prophet (6)
ELIJAH – ELI (the only priest in Crosswordland) with J{udge} and AH! (I see!).
14  Person who may register twenty runs? (6)
SCORER – SCORE (twenty) and R{uns}, although this could also be a cryptic, all-in-one definition.
17  Vibration caused by roller in good condition? (5,4)
SOUND WAVE – SOUND (in good condition) and WAVE (roller).  The question mark is because there are other types of roller.
19 Stable employee maybe happy, heading off (3)
LAD – gLAD (happy, dropping first letter (heading off)).
20  Roll containing old chicken (7)
ROOSTER – ROSTER (roll) containing O{ld}.  Something of a chestnut.
22  Cover and centre of magazine in yellow colour (5)
TOPAZ – TOP (cover) and {mag}AZ{ine} (centre).
23  Sailor on street to attack with knife (4)
STAB – ST (street) and AB (sailor – able-bodied).
24  Impulse to stop boy becoming doctor (7)
SURGEON – URGE (impulse) inside (stopping) SON (boy).

Down

1  Beer artisan brewed is a problem (11)
BRAINTEASER – Anagram (brewed) of [BEER ARTISAN].
2  German siren from tradition that is left over (7)
LORELEI – LORE (tradition) and IE (that is, or id est) and L{eft} reversed (over).  Die Lorelei is a siren of German mythology.
3  Good dance party given by police in cemetary (9)
GRAVEYARD – G{ood} with RAVE (dance party) and YARD (police – Scotland Yard).
4  Weapon a lawyer in America ships (6)
ARMADA – ARM (weapon) and A DA (a district attorney – a lawyer in America).
5 Enjoyment in pool curtailed (3)
FUN – FUN{d} (pool = fund, curtailed = drop the last letter).
6  Scotsman needing gold in gambling mecca (5)
MACAU – MAC (Scotsman) and AU (gold – chemical symbol).  MACAU (pronounced mc cow) is a gamblers paradise, ex-Portuguese city, part of the People’s Republic of China).
9  Thirteen loaves? (6,5)
BAKER’S DOZEN – Cryptic hint.  Any set of 13 items can be called a BAKER’S DOZEN (or devil’s dozen or long dozen).  Google BAKER’S DOZEN to find out why.
12  Fish product around box on river in Kentish Town (9)
ROCHESTER – ROE (fish product) around CHEST (box) and followed by R{iver}.
15  Pearls cast before swine finally to deteriorate (7)
RELAPSE – Anagram (cast) of [PEARLS] followed by {swin}E (finally).
16  Crazy artists making medium-hot curry (6)
MADRAS – MAD (crazy) and RAS (Royal Academicians – artists).
18  Sinking vessel about to explode (1-4)
U-BOAT – Anagram (to explode) of [ABOUT].
21  Slow boat contrary to expectation capsized (3)
TUB – BUT (contrary to expectation) reversed (capsized).