Cryptic #16

by Jim Sherman

       
         
             
         
       
         
         
           
                                           

A.   Clam with a latch? A funny thing (15)

B.   Display tender feelings garnering thanks (11)

C.   Help! Love is neither good nor bad (2-2)

D.   Republican president`s brother disgraced by a man
again (7,6)

E.   Edit a fiction in false papers (14)

F.   Cardinal points these out compiling report (9)

G.   Good-time Charlie`s joint disorder conceals a hit (8)

H.   The best feel ill rigging fabric (7)

I.   Out of the way, heft! (The bane of tap dancing)
(3,3,6,4)

J.   Northern French river and sound (5)

K.   Laius almost, in defiant fashion, claims Creon`s
capital (11)

L.   American follows revolutionary force to change direction
(7)

M.   Boastful individual adopts confused lingo (12)

N.   Unholy Irish book about midnight rider (10)

O.   Unrestrictive number plus note in damage (10)

P.   Expression of surprise over the man`s pitiful suffering
(10)