Cryptic crossword No 1,574

Across

1. Marriage partner grabs first guy to make a connection (6)
2. Embellishes trouble with registered nurses  (6)
3. Battle-axe , short bit splitting woven fabric  (7)
4. Insect giving pain in the neck as experiment turned out (7)
5. Peninsula where setters might be, on land surrounded by water? (4,2,4)
6. Clubs say, one of four in game (4)
7. Oddly you’d know nothing at the start of Canadian territory (5)
8. Exclusive possession of coinage having replaced  euro with chewed polo (8)
9. Quantities of beer swallowed on hearing calls of duty (8)
10. Game from 2 kings covered in sauce (5)
11. Kitty’s playing polo!  (4)
12. Interfere with your pal and mess about (4,6)
13. Be involved in drawing in rocky peak (7)
14.  Basalt maybe formed by cunning genius with nothing added (7)
15. Previous partner should broadcast urge (6)
16. One short day and numerous short years of mythical creatures (6)

Down

1. Makes a delivery for washing up?  (5)
2.  At home rest from work invasion  (7)
3. Bird died near the end of game with part of a foot (9)
4. Quickly shoots small fish (5)
5. Accumulates points when stretchers are raised (5,2)
6. Exceptionally silly pace set (9)
7. Official vehicle carrying old male and young girl (9)
8. Return of brewer’s cart, with,  from Wales, unlimited amount of beer (4,2,3)
9. Disoriented, lost again longing to return to earlier life (9)
10. Free global organisation is flat without France and Switzerland  (7)
11. A breeding place for a parliament?  (7)
12. Stiff fine held by representative briefly turning up (5)
13. Originally nominators only usually named something (5)