First person embraced by the writer, so-called Frenchwoman (6)

Jump over ice to cast out line (4)

Moving communication (10)

Come to light, say, about Brendan getting sent back (6)

Perhaps bangers scared us, exploding (4,4)

Weed as opposed to marijuana, we hear (9)

Centre of Kalahari Desert is this (4)

Read and sift, removing odd bits? (4)

Deductions from second and first parts of book (9)

In reform of racism, it’s an old weapon (8)

Practice passed on from circus to movies (6)

State also is connected with a poor backward area in capital (5,5)

What goes into glass for raising in toast, initially (4)

Kind of grape in county cut by extreme characters (6)

Inventor’s lack of pretension? Just the opposite (6)

Often resented officials, including current fare collectors (7)

Rugby sides separated by English person in charge (5)

It’s hard to understand man taking pawns with a rook (7)

Top points made by primates about second part of Bible (6)

Broadcast a copper and a leading artist climbing tree (9)

Key part in final piece played more (7)

Popular with French who take exam including one severe questioning style (13)

Head out of court and run into seven officers in Rome (9)

Rearrange vowels in US codes to get money changed in Europe (7)

Duck that dives in river caught with difficulty (7)

Effect of continued abrasion, or is one out of order? (7)

Classes located in faculty set up (6)

Seating, thus, not entirely secure (5)