1: Curse the mother country? (9)

5: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

6: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

8: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

10: No one told sister (3)

12: Frost to cover the cake (3)

13: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

1: Hun paid out for French prince (7)

2: Small pieces of choral works missing tenor part (5)

3: Fruit taken in in inn (9)

4: A representative may be a scamp (3)

7: On second thoughts, rising fish glitter (7)

9: Good Republican source of life-giving system for short-handed office workers (5)

11: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)