1: Shinny up and start to cut branch (5)
4: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)
6: Later round without an opponent (3)
7: Argument in the meeting (5)
8: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)
10: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)
12: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)
13: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)
14: Piece of wisdom from a quiet aristocrat (5)