1: Headlight providing well-to-do person a start for high level flight (7)
2: Bumpers, e.g., aren't so damaged (7)
3: Dopey met hero with a proposition (7)
5: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)
6: Quickly strip satay cut (2,1,4)
7: Flower making a comeback in a phenomenal display (7)
8: Feminine articles put in case (7)
10: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)
16: Closely follow nit in room facing east (7)
17: A legendary string player, he joins us after turning professional (7)
18: First she exaggerated, then began excluding crucial data, going nowhere (7)
19: Hang South American author at crack of dawn (7)
20: Love on night shift (7)
21: Cavities from wrong practices (7)