8  French bird sheds golden tail in river (4)

 9  Rebel central to 'Feudal still, reactionary 16 End' (5)

10 A call of Bacchic frenzy in Brexiteer's cry for attention? (4)

11 The rest without a musical instrument (8)

12 Admiral's port found in New Zealand (6)

13 Apt to cycle to source of beer (3)

14 An unlikely occurrence is, no matter what (2,3,6)

17 At the beginning, Old Scrotum carried a retainer for this award (5)

18 An Ade Edmondson character on the radio is our hero (3)

19 Start of Nice'n'Tidy's capitalisation after breaking iron mostly (5)

22 Idled in quiet kitchen, according to Spooner (11)

25/30       Roadworks sign maybe recorded as '25 opening umbrellas 30' by 18 (3,5)

27 Hood in Montreal is 'good and French' grabbing Smeeton's behind (6)

28 Appropriate to follow Cockney's say so to ignore a seaside tree (4-4)

29 Dry - wine perhaps - is second to none (4)

30 See 25

31 Further allusion occasionally (4)

 2/16        In general, one of our hero's alter egos in her war nylons all squiffy (5,9)

 3  Religious recluse before a small child (7)

 4  It's fine if Scotch mist seen in Edmund's rule (4)

 5  Encota's inebriated without delay (2,4)

 6  Happiness is person after source of drink (4-5)

 7  Leave the computer and behold the swelling below (3,3)

15 Deceitful lady heartlessly on gin, sozzled (5)

16 See 2

20 Listener drunk is to enthusiastically support a cause again (2-6)

21 Big car trouble in Mexican market (7)

23 Gorilla maybe contains revolutionary ego's high point (6)

24 Arrested amateur in DC city (6)

26 Rhyming Jack's holding up covers (5)

28 Regularly called on Johnny Dankworth's wife, informally (4)