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Chrise . . I did indeed . . My mother allowed no alcohol in the house; and no card playing on a Sunday . . but (and to my discredit) I haven't applied the same rules

Result of over-eating ? Skip a buffet (5)

Remove A from paunch. Buffet as verb

You'll spot it in homespun Cheshire lads often with Judy (5)

Hidden in clue

Cheers Thea(o)

Sorry Marty.

And for non-Brits, John Prescott was our deputy prime minister a few years ago; quite a character and one of his most notorious acts, in 2001 in Rhyl, was punching a member of the public who'd thrown an egg at him (and a proper punch, full on to the face it was!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhME8dcOqc

Die with desire - it has to be a joke (5)

Die: Definition
with desire = itch; (it)ch => (pun)ch

Chestnut riding back North at first (5)

"riding" UP, "back" PU
"North" N
"Chestnut" CH ( "ch." is given in Chambers as abbreviation).
"Chestnut" is also the definition.

Magazine clip (5)

double def

Bimbo mislays glasses, no pouch sadly (5)

Bimbo. Def
mislays. subind
glasses sub. oo
no pouch anag
sadly. anagrind

A bimbo is a punch made with cognac for

All words appear in Chambers and arse was recently used in wordplay in one of the weekend puzzles and of course was a Father Jack staple on TV but if you're easily offended don't read on.

Old poof baring his arse to children gets more than a slap (5)

Pun(k) [Chambers: homosexual (old)] + ch [abbreviation for children, again in Chambers]

Clock's length of sweep unchanged (5)

Hidden, of course. I'm surprised to see that my Chambers doesn't mention clock movement under sweep.