Judges applying seriously exacting sanctions initially to leaderless hordes (8)

Skeletal pub in space (6)

Decorated head of show horse with diamonds (8)

Oracles foretell unrest developing (7-7)

Separate dance numbers getting shocking treatment (10)

Laze round holding nothing (4)

Liberal extracted from dark side (4)

Old priest is suppressing alien oaths (10)

Petrified, X covers up mistakes with deception (6-8)

Bag first of berths in ship (3,5)

Connected gangster fibbed (6)

Rocket delayed after case redesigned (8)

Horror of battle across river (6)

Essential element of returned contract summarised in part (4)

Short road in Paris, one we French find disastrous (7)

Small operation involving new countenance (8)

Curate claps wildly for lavish show (11)

Corresponds with peers (6)

Frank's about to follow after (7)

Team reveals secondary activities (9)

Unconventional text in sonnet not entirely fanciful (3-8)

Contentious young woman making first appearance on American board (9)

Perfectionist left in label (8)

Persistent customers have registered over ninety individual complaints to start with (7)

Compete to get side watching (7)

Jolly little woman with bottle (6)

Change poor diet (4)