Across
Fix a soft drink first to dilute a cocktail (4,6)
Bitter leaves off bay tree (4)
Layer put on when making pasty (5)
Club star regularly skipped meal, but not starter (9)
Private events actively fending off drugs (13)
Team, Liverpool, say, bitter having let in five (4,4)
Ran after being pronounced innocent (6)
Hapless chap trapped by changes in rules (6)
Plant workers' group jolly to Morecambe? (8)
Amusement mounts as music hero sings out (7,6)
Deputy, less sensible, outspoken as well (6,3)
Last stand (5)
In New York this would be almost noble (4)
Late in the evening, move with the music crowd (10)
Down
Piano provided to introduce a singer (4)
Drama over a lost cause (2-5)
A revolt about jam sandwiches in school (13)
Coffee retail, extremely variable in recent times (8)
Cow's too thin, diameter not good (5)
Splits in two sticks (7)
Caine — not one involved with screen revival (10)
Do or don't top your hot dog? (3,3,7)
Look, a reindeer mostly eats veg (10)
Economic area's lament when turning to gas (8)
One new around Rome after migrating? (7)
Raised on French, Welsh girl's native language (7)
Leave before rubbish is suggested (3,2)
Yield protected by finance department (4)
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