Across
Little guy beginning to employ fine performer is generous type (10)
English paper's showing creatures of land and water (4)
Thought opposing team "very hot" (10)
Independent worker ultimately restricted by money paid (4)
Football team run by he-man struggling to keep in charge (6,6)
Accusing, in the past, small boy, I don't let go (9)
Worker in firm producing lyrical lines (5)
Time short? Then there's little hesitation to provide bit of information (5)
Securing organic compound — container must be sound (9)
Song rendered by lean lady, sung badly (4,4,4)
One horsey pair maybe but not a couple in partnership (4)
Delicacy of record concerning first person in fashion (10)
Imbibers with urgent message "Time!" has interrupted? (4)
Bad feeling about despatched soldiers, feature recurrent in battle (10)
Down
Second team player reinstated? (4)
Senior member of family having any number of anecdotes (4)
Pacific almost ruined with no end of plastics, an occurrence one must accept (4,8)
Island has real criminal being put away (5)
Sir losing head going after maiden, maybe surprisingly quickly (9)
What may be distributed e.g. for India? (7,3)
Understand the true nature of support to the bitter end? (3,7)
Pre-cooked food in can — hotel menu being awful! (8,4)
Light over small room making letters visible (10)
Most magnificent voice introducing story by saint (10)
After trendy numbers the writer's becoming serious (9)
Plinth only having carbon at the centre (5)
Something woodworker can hold: not rank? (4)
Bird making speed over the waves (4)
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