4  Poorly love? Pervert! (5)

 7  Restrain Spooner's intrepid journalist (4,4)

 8  Sailor and undergraduate aim to meet band (4)

 9  Laces ten bad drinks (8)

10 Give permission for arsenic to be dispatched (6)

13 Noblemen discovered in Cuba, Ron said (6)

14 Bright rodents return to railway (6)

15 Loved America - did one reach East Delaware at the outset ? (6)

18 It's a pain for ambassadors to harbour a returning scoundrel (8)

19 Racing graduate tells porkies (4)

20 Mixed steroids 50 for 1 - maybe these seniors will use them! (8)

21 He entices monarch to swap sides (5)

 2  Stick or split (6)

 3  Be opposed to item (6)

 4  Patchy horse found in southern gardens, hairless (8)

 5  Continuous din a bad error on the radio (8)

 6  Surgical procedure takes advantage of works (6)

11 Sailor's tortured fears are hidden (8)

12 He tells of climbing island's peak (8)

14 Train fish (6)

15 Relaxed with a coquette (2,4)

16 Make allowances when not in front of the cameras (6)

17 Stamp - Bond may describe his superior thus (6)