1: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

3: Fruit found in Carmel only (5)

6: Country refuge for prison's last under-jailer (7)

7: Places and composition? (9)

9: A letter from Greece - about a sort of April flower (7)

11: Something useful - like a matching collection? (5)

12: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)

1: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

2: Lady sitting atop a bird (5)

3: Run up a womans garment as a temporary expedient (9)

4: Non-clerical song (3)

5: There is no commoner old coin (5)

7: I got by in Los Angeles or a North African state (5)

8: A quaintly pleasing accent (5)

9: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

10: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)