1: Curse the mother country? (9)

5: Inert form of saltpeter (5)

6: Club with space for some money (3)

7: Came back on a diet anew and wasted away (9)

10: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

11: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

13: English poet holding us responsible for hold-up? (9)

1: Ball mislaid? Caned (5)

2: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

3: Song is a gas (3)

4: No one told sister (3)

6: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

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

9: Delay yield (5)

10: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

11: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

12: Bloody bored inside (3)