A word the Oxford dictionary dislikes, plus the best of the rest of the recent cryptic clues
Bravo to Claymore (known elsewhere as eXternal) in the National for this ingenious cluing …
1acSturgeon’s party welcoming a Con elite runningearly vote (4,7)
[ abbrev. for Sturgeon’s party, containing (‘welcoming’) A (‘a’), then
anagram (‘running’) of CONELITE ]
[ SNP containing A, then anagram of CONELITE ]
13acDemandEnglish vote on legislation (5)
[ abbrev. for ‘English’ + symbol used to cast vote, then (‘on’) synonym for ‘legislation’ ]
[ E + X + ACT ]
14acOld Major’s decorationembroidered initially onto uniform in a range of colours (9)
[ first letter (‘initially’) of EMBROIDERED, then (‘onto’) letter represented by‘uniform’ contained by (‘in’) word describing ‘a range of colours’ ]
[ E, then U inside PALETTE ]
13acClothing ornamentEnglish landlord briefly keeps in French city? (9)
[ abbrev. for ‘English’ and synonym for ‘landlord’ missing its last letter (‘briefly’), both containing (‘keeps in’) the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ]
[ E + LETTER minus its R, both containing PAU ]
1acAfter wine, Margaret’s one often found pinning a guy down (4,3)
[ a Spanish wine, followed by (‘after’) abbrev. for ‘Margaret’ ]