Shakespeare’s ghost, clutching battered hat, starts to irritate chess club (6,8)

Jovial brother to write back and create harmony (7)

Ancient mariner might use this to cure 5? (3,4)

Project Endless Bliss (5)

Wild crocuses adorn son and heir (9)

Unhealthy popular suspicion surrounded old burial ground (12)

Official statement showing how to open security door (5,7)

Wreckage of boats caught by rocks – subject of old English ballad (5,4)

New Amsterdam, for instance (5)

Nuclear missile in possession of 9 (7)

Soldier on holiday with cake decorator (7)

Comedian perhaps from America abandons usual material (6)

See 5

Gujarati leader and two successors (6)

Draw a rotten apple (6)

Regimen ruling out stuffing; blocking fries and sweet drinks (9)

Politicians, without hint of shame, engaged in out-and-out exaggeration (13)

Third part of Gormenghast missing from book shelf (5)

Teacher’s sexy selfie (8)

Moment day-tripper lost heart to bus driver (8)

Conductor interacting with field, releasing current, may result in electrical discharge (8,5)

Put out unwrapped gift – tactful to dispense with show (9)

Both leads quit Top Gun musical comedy (8)

To a large extent artificer, am I still artisan? (8)

Bird’s eggs served up on time in Paris and Rome (6)

Clergyman ensconced in motorcycle rickshaw (6)

This particular thank you letter (5)