1: Not blunt instrument - it has point on front (5)

3: Fuss about a party (3)

5: Number One in facetiousness (3)

7: Flare for clean-up time (5)

8: Essays about old dramatic works (9)

10: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

11: First get a French weapon. (3)

12: Five kills one. (3)

13: Polish hollow late Russian coin (5)

1: Jump Begin (5)

2: Midshipman: one who hates anchor (9)

3: Diverting a dupe with wrong input (7)

4: Cull out from top ten (3)

6: Hesitation before a certain deletion (7)

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

10: Bam! Rotated a degree (3)