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20a Compulsion's growing ultimately to broadcast celebrity feature (6,6)
??s?i? ??????
Is this 'gossip column'? I can see the 'celebrity feature' definition but not the rest.

SB, it might just be anagram stuff - compulsion and the G from the end of growing? (I haven't checked, sorry!)

I think you're right, thanks.

StrangelyBrown, thanks - I saw 'broadcast' and thought of anagrams!

I saw 'broadcast' and thought it must be a homophone (like 'on the radio').

13a Be widely involved with filling in index? The reverse? (4,1,6,2,5,3)
Is this 'Have a finger in every pie'? I can't see the index and reverse bit of the clue.

10d Remote spot Yankee's found in going to N Ireland (5)
Eyrie? There's y for Yankee and almost 'Eire' but I can't twist that into 'eyrie'.

Eire is going up. I.e. To the north.

Sarkling wine reserved to have with dip (4, 4) Cold Duck I can see dip = duck but.....

Merryphil,
Reserved (in demeanour) is cold, aloof

13a - Index (finger) inside a (pie) filling - the reverse of 'filling in index'.

Thank you Brendan, and thank you Merryphil for asking the Cold Duck question, I'd never have got that because I've never heard of it being a wine.