1: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

3: Roman date and time that is in Latin (2,3)

6: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

7: Tender translator of runes (5)

8: I bang rock, disturbing snake (4,5)

11: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

13: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

14: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

15: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

1: Follow south for lecture (5)

2: Hazardous emanation from river used by a crime boss (5)

3: Simpletons at home with no money (9)

4: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

5: Draw the knot (3)

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

10: Proficient in arithmetic, starting with short division (5)

11: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

12: Bloody bored inside (3)