Formerly a gold coin of various European countries (5)

Took the initiative (6,3,4)

Big-headedness; self-image (3)

Small spit or skewer: French kebab (9)

Beat; trick (6)

Makes right (6)

Name once applied to oriental colonies, trading countries (3,6)

Agent (3)

Bothersome annoying person (4,2,3,4)

Covered single-seated carrying chair (5)

Pertaining to the killing of one's parent (of the same sex) to possess the other (7)

Bolivia's legal capital; Ecuador's former currency (5)

The ---- -- --- ----, adventure novel by Jack London (1903) (4,2,3,4)

Excessive (9)

Storage for a particular fashion item (6)

Rivers of the same name in Scotland and England (3)

Enumerating imaginary animals in an attempt to overcome insomnia (8,5)

Greek hero of legend who killed the Minotaur (7)

Extended house and estate (often of a farm) (9)

Tentacled cephalopod (7)

French informal restaurant (6)

Country bumpkin; hick (5)

Auberge or tavern (3)