Across
- 2. gambling transactions include several lamb chops unseparated in parentheses (8)
- 8. my rus apple can be developed into a luscious pancake topping (5,5)
- 11. totally an English Christian, or could be LA plane etc coming, or maybe a hymn book (8,8)
- 12. laid down for Christ to walk on, or used when walking on your hands (5)
- 13. dangle another carrot containing a gathering of corn (5)
- 14. a single anther? Part of it may be yours temporarily, like a library book (5)
- 15. the animal of the impending Chinese new year (5)
Down
- 1. little labels disturb a male deer (4)
- 3. if in a shed you starve change out of it for Mardi Gras (6,7)
- 4. sponsor of anonymous lovers and patron of beekeepers (9)
- 5. quintessentially sour on your pancake(5,5)
- 6. archetypally sweet on your pancake (5)
- 7. a splendid cup to be won on Feb 8th by Seattle Seahawks perhaps, or Buffalo Bills (5,4)
- 9. you're a lovely big bulb, tall stem, red flower, what are you? Go on, say it 'I .........' (9)
- 10. a twitch of a citizen of Rome suggests an idealised view of reality (8)