Across
- 2. Flaws cause one to switch sides (7)
- 3. Union of a lion ace, wildly rearranged (8)
- 5. Power supplier — eskimo loses final letters (5)
- 8. Contest: champion loses MP, gaining legal opener (9)
- 10. Electricity or rowing crew — both here (5)
- 11. Investigation — space explorer, briefly (5)
- 12. Confinement found in surprise onset (6)
- 13. Arena: stands holding a dim figure (7)
- 14. Star system — gala's centre with unknown quantity (6)
- 16. Self-respect in dying — it's reversed (6)
- 17. Legal finding: very direct CT scan initially cut short (7)
Down
- 1. Make lawful — a sage in legal chaos (8)
- 4. Income comes back — even in reversal (7)
- 6. Hugging close with illicit trade (9)
- 7. Ripe — master losing its tail, with clue (6)
- 9. Banned goods found in back of contraption, and stashed (10)
- 11. Contaminating pot on simmering, initially noting gas (9)
- 15. Helped as a side dish, reportedly (8)