Dull rhyming couplet — that's one word for it (7)

Take short run with addict (7)

Leader drunk pink gin (7)

Stranger picked up beside station seat (9)

Check in with a mate (5)

Encourages Spurs fans (5)

Meeting point for attack on Italian club (9)

Fat cow messing in back row reveals something special (3,6)

Put off changing temperature to Fahrenheit — it's really just the same (5)

Back section of laser-based weapon (5)

Hide elite to provide protection from surface damage (4,5)

Sort of weird male who features in the Bible (7)

European got in a tailspin (7)

Tough position — perhaps as a result of lying? (3,4)

Covers speeches without commercial introduction (7)

In control as well at the summit (2,3,2)

Is it played by romantic speculators? (7)

Firstly, action is the French approach in the theatre (5)

It is drawn out for one supporting evolution (9)

One looking for a lift after hitch (5)

Intense and awfully rude, but well groomed (9)

Copy line in saga that artist has adopted (7)

Pretty ordinary, yet oddly mourned, painter (7)

Dated lover allowing no room to move (9)

Bound to cover slip, if alarmed (9)

Tart with desire to embrace Egyptian poisoner (7)

Online discussion of weak setting for Bach variation (7)

Those people stand over timeless recommendations for players' problem (3,4)

Holds in custody having broken up arms den (7)

Argument about learner having crashed by the sound of it (5)

Leading counsel hopeful as suit enters court (5)