1: Ripen mangoes evenly (3)

3: Vagrant going over a little river to a foreign country (5)

6: Bad call involving entrance to our neighborhood (5)

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

8: Al's gamble on outcome of sports (4,5)

11: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)

13: Gripped by instrument, a longish claw (5)

14: We turned up with endless Irish pitchers (5)

15: Sound of river crossing (3)

1: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

2: Shine audio, $40? (5)

3: Greenback entrances Microsoft boss (4,5)

4: Control escape (3)

5: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

9: Scrimmage as Confederate general introduces himself to Tarzan? (5)

10: Blow the whistle on the end of Chinese burn (5)

11: Compete with life in France (3)

12: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)