Across
Exhaust manifold initially receding in value (5)
Give queen chops after having taken large bite (8)
Maybe brief jibe spin doctor spun (3,11)
They rescue engineers bridging river banks in Rheims (9)
Long thread contains garbage at the very end (5)
Waylay old US president on eastern half of Pacific island (6)
Confined by traffic bollard, one reversed to carry on (8)
Graduates grasping right utensil that's appropriate for high table? (3,5)
Calm down — you have two presents (3,3)
Tranquillity surrounds current exam (5)
Pottery sensible about opening (9)
Upset dim goons with bitter little digs? (10,4)
Riskily name Peter, left trapped in Uruguay's borders (8)
Shrink from Leicester finally entering late (5)
Down
Former PM repeatedly to hinder adult play (5,7)
Fanatical invasion involving British (5)
Male with heartless jokes interrupts offensive wealthy hedonists (3,3,3)
Full agreement announced (6)
Collection of posers on TV? (4,4)
Nervous glimpses of tracer shells, some circling (5)
Hint of childhood memory soon includes grand old man? (3-6)
Where one might look up who, having directed, failed to impress (12)
Painter supporting bishop and a German composer (9)
Type of stance Blair first described as bad, later better (3-6)
For viewers, it's comical to inhale flies (8)
Insufficient care of people probed by Times (6)
Work exploit raised huge cuts (5)
Almost from the start, English on high (5)
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