1: A girl in distress, sought by knights (5)

4: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

6: Wander around inside territory (3)

7: Out of line like London gardens (5)

8: Most popular batter rested in dugout at last (9)

11: Put liquor in hollow capsule swallowed by young man (5)

13: Send back gangster's gun to get ID (3)

14: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

15: How Nero holds one in control (5)

1: and 15 Novel alternative excised from huge spits (5,12)

2: Writer deserts pea-green match (5)

3: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)

4: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

5: Famous gardens said to move one to speak. (3)

9: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

10: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

11: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)

12: Cronkite, Bradley, and Safer's first network (3)