Special things

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Across
  1. 6. Group fronted by cops ultimately. Practice for a great ride! (5, 5)
  2. 7. The ceiling cracked with Lawrence's mixer (7)
  3. 8. Storm ruins a strong portico and it tells of another storm (7, 14)
  4. 10. First pie gone awry for stormlike contemporary (8)
  5. 11. Smash! Clash! Neckties on the instrument! Confounding Yankees! (7, 6)
  6. 12. Top station times, before system and argument (4, 5)
  7. 13. Score a man who wanders, it's the best to see an open road ahead. (4, 5)
  8. 14. Rust partially and put up with good weave: first choice! For the chair... (7, 6)
  9. 15. Fancy band girl runs ahead of Shanghai attraction (10)
  10. 16. One who pays to be conveyed aloud with heart, and a box to quicken heartbeats (4, 5)
Down
  1. 1. Hit by shark's! Pray, put everything after wick and coal, but not stuff for burning. (6, 3)
  2. 2. Welsh holiday, special coat behind lost twit. Dance solo. (5, 8, 4)
  3. 3. Snug going up a pole, we listen to something to find our way. (8,6, 3)
  4. 4. Ware used to split; fuel with the muddled or petty! (9, 7)
  5. 5. Stick for stirring up a stream with the French (7)
  6. 7. December time, good! One cooks scarce, tricks harm (9, 7)
  7. 9. The best way to cross; say maybe greens or builders, and the heads of Tories. Rebel any new nonsense, yeah! (3, 6)