1: Poison with spite (5)

4: Control escape (3)

6: As in 'Lee goes back to the drawing board' (5)

7: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

8: Coats need woven yarns (9)

10: Small piece of fish (3)

11: Run around near a stadium (5)

14: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

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

1: I've lost struggle (3)

2: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

3: Play with exaggerated emotions made moral play (9)

4: True side (5)

5: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

8: Increase fuss about outskirts of Detroit (3,2)

9: Coal remaining at the end of a month (5)

12: I am reported to leer (3)

13: Picture a dessert without topping (3)