8  Talk of pike pursuing young fish we hear (8)

 9  Number leading Democrat left for Republican lecturer (6)

10 Tart's thigh is endless (4)

11 Old fool touring island retreat (5)

12 American beer's unexplained demise (4)

13 Had an affair and negligently omitted to include wife (3-5)

16 Agitate over including question for John Barleycorn (6)

18 Microsoft's database stores return of small parts (4)

20 Married men welcome a Yankee leader (5)

21 Spin Mr Mair broadcast (4)

22 Unimportant person able to return in spirit (6)

23 Hash plant processed after extracting fifty chemicals (8)

26 Bother cook (4)

28 Heartless bird left writer (5)

30 Destroy hospital wing (4)

31 Pointless books I regularly boosted (6)

32 Ignore hugs for emotional female (5,3)

 2  A computer connection for Turing perhaps (4)

 3  Tell friend to leave on the quiet (6)

 4  Looks both ways (4)

 5  Hulk Hogan maybe reforms lest women err! (8)

 6  Reportedly break feet (4)

 7  Fifth wheel in flat box? (4-4)

14 Inventor has time for Dutch boxer (5)

15 Mafia boss houses the old dean (5)

17 Seeking mysterious stone for old king (5)

19 A postgraduate leaves behind a drug supply for traitor (8)

20 Primates adorn a queen with trappings of power (8)

24 Miserable judge supports friend (6)

25 Lost a vein (6)

27 Seek large coat (4)

29 Mountain sheep seen in Scottish Loch - quite the reverse (4)

30 Sci-fi award for French author (4)