Across
- 2. Blues' embrace hugging ace for London team (7)
- 5. Modest bumblebee circling the earth's center (6)
- 7. Loyal in devotion, carrying a royal emblem (8)
- 9. Poor fellow heading west, feeling awful (8)
- 11. Polite man swapped heads with odd entertainer (9)
- 12. Smooth and urbane, breaking a vase (5)
- 14. I left myself, becoming disinterested (8)
- 15. Foolish person's upset, hiding inside a sip (6)
- 17. Remorseful rite confused its context (8)
Down
- 1. Uproariously funny, rail hid in sly hilarity (9)
- 3. Beautiful pulpit arranged inside us (13)
- 4. Liberal, risking a new urge inside (8)
- 6. Running race, so agile and elegant (7)
- 8. Reliable debit card, no end of use $$$ (10)
- 10. Dread the almighty, but embrace his command (11)
- 13. Master one's impulses, role left to chaos (11)
- 16. Zealously beseeching, having some payback (9)