Special things

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