1: A bit of blood in vein of cut of beef (1-4)

4: Often tightens around the neck. (3)

6: Copy of top ten missing (3)

7: . . . before the last apprentice is put in the ground (5)

8: New more whingeing talk of lung disease (9)

11: Old Testament figure appears before New Testament incident (5)

13: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

14: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

15: Part of speech idealists rebuke (5)

1: Call girl sting nabs head of Moral Majority (5)

2: Robe's eyelet exposes more than fat (5)

3: Puzzling mutation of giant mice (9)

4: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)

5: Song is a gas (3)

9: I grumble about supermodel Campbell (5)

10: Home that's high (and very light) by the Sound (5)

11: A mark of the classics - but eroded, in retrospect (3)

12: Terrier shows how to stray (3)