1: April keeps providing material for a poet (5)
4: Freshen the atmosphere (3)
6: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)
7: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)
8: Confined bear without a trade (9)
12: I had been at the front, and retired (5)
13: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)
14: Eat away at verse after initial hesitation (5)