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I really enjoyed this.

I thought there might be a theme developing, 2d, 8d then 13a and 14a, but it went nowhere.

I did think I'd spotted the elusive 'Nina', 'sandwiched' in the unches between 5d and 6d, but alas, I've checked and it's the wrong spelling.

The search continues:-)

Yes, enjoyable - a bit quick, though.

One unparsed:3d
Vote to leave behaving carelessly? They're no experts (5)
L?I?Y
Pretty obvious what the answer is, but where does it come from?

Never mind - got it!

Chrise; put a cross in the middle for a word for carelessly.

Brendan; no there's nothing that I can see other than a mild political theme.

Thanks bigmacsub
Yes, I saw it soon after I posted.

I can't parse 19ac. Small man defending king for sire S?A?N. The synonym for Sire seems clear but where is the Man and who is the king? I'm very curious.

Are the 'man' and the 'king' related to a board game/game on a board? The man there would be defending the king there - I think!

It's a chess reference

Might the 'man' be a chess item?

Hi Ethereal, 19a was my last one in. I spent at least 10 minutes trying to figure out where an R or a K went before the penny finally dropped.