1: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

3: Biting piece of chocolate with dry exterior (5)

5: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

6: Land and take off: beginning of flight (5)

8: Country encircling one's country (9)

10: Severely criticize cook (5)

12: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

13: Pitcher, lunatic, not married (5)

14: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

1: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

2: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

3: Long train traveling to city near Washington (9)

4: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

7: Dogged pamphlet for the auditor (7)

9: Shy away from women's clothing (5)

11: Direct object (3)