2: Foretold that the wine would be finished (9)

7: Trap with hands? (3)

9: My gal talking to Italian at the table? (5,8)

10: Hang poor Democrat from the east (5)

11: Untrustworthy hedonists cavorting (9)

13: Pay for mashed tater (5)

14: Picks up job applicant documents (7)

15: Lighter note: tin soldier's back (7)

17: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)

19: Sander, too, bothered dust devils (9)

20: Probed announcer's self-esteem (5)

21: European sage knew a novel novel (9,4)

23: Odds of niece being born (3)

24: Loaded bloke swallowed third of a slab (9)

1: I'll be stuffed if I'll deal with him!. (11)

3: Backsliding, Pa reels drunkenly (7)

4: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

5: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

6: Clears up blemishes of dictators? (7)

7: Mild guess: I die reassembling a nasty weapon (6,7)

8: Complain about the horse (3)

9: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

11: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

12: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

16: Kind of blue hereafter, at heart; this might tell what's to come? (3,4)

18: Stop following a snake to a pitch (7)

21: Revolves around a star. (3)

22: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)