Topical tristesse (at least when composed!)

by Martyn Crosby

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A.   Puppet remains when Irish actor drops old English
extremes briefly (4)

B.   Dog gets around upset boron, integrity renders obligatory
(5-5)

C.   Replace 100 with 500, and a 19th century Irish emancipation
fighter becomes a 20th century one (8)

D.   Dreamy in nature about negative repetitiousness (8)

E.   Benny alone transforms ultimate cause of reformation
in England (4,6)

F.   Reduced, bail out unshrinkable mess (8)

G.   Dadaist inside British defense minister produces
lance (7)

H.   On the other hand, what`s sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander (3,4,4,2,7,4,6)

I.   Not on printers` space, Eve`s sins overturned disagreeable
quality (13)

J.   Reformed, I bend immodest loss of substance (13)

K.   Recent arrival appears when lavatory precedes mantra,
in never poetical surroundings (8)

L.   Burdensome nature of singularity invaded by sour
upset (11)

M.   Description of eighth century English theological
historian at heart of Zebedee (9)

N.   Removal of colossi from council houses troubled
Chamberlain to the Harem (6)

O.   Singularly taciturn transformation of women dwarfs
(3,2,3,5)

P.   Rigoletto or Pagliacco, for example (7)

Q.   Better infernal turbulence is source of embarrassment
(6,8)

R.   Beheaded troll upends hoof, and not celebrity list
(4,2,5)