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Looks like "file"+ "vol(ume) reversed + E(uropean)

13a begins with an e it is an anagram

SB, glad you got 13 A. I guess you'd give that clue nul points?

answer Eurovision song contest

Camberwell, I think you missed seeing StrangelyBrown's earlier comment, where 13 A had been resolved (or 'solved', rather!).

Absolutely Malone, nul points for 13a, a 21 letter anagram.

Presumably a compass actually means compasses otherwise I don't see the point if it is referring to a device with a magnetised arm inside.

Parallelogram, two of my dictionaries indicate that 'compass' is fine. The Collins definition for compass is 'an instrument used for drawing circles, measuring distances etc.' The definition is prefaced with 'sometimes plural' - which seems to indicate it doesn't have to be. The information in the ODE is very similar. This definition doesn't appear in Chambers, but the Times puzzles aren't limited to any single dictionary.