Cryptic crossword No 2,174

Across

1. Confidential directions caught on tape initially (6)
2. Noel's songs transport Holst’s soul (6)
3. Remaining undefeated when bowled out (7)
4. Surprisingly get a gold cross on French pastries (7)
5. For shopping, for travel, for one in a mess? (6,4)
6. Pine trembling, remembering every embrace to begin with? (4)
7. On entering pub, it’s not decorated as much (5)
8. Posh gin mixed with a dash of Pimms must be finished before Christmas Day? (8)
9. Firstly, produce a rhombus. And lastly, label each line...as this? (8)
10. Almost evaluate stupid people (5)
11. Malevolent figure holds back present (4)
12. Heirs glide unsteadily and trip on the ice (6,4)
13. Mother Brown's instruction for a celebration (5-2)
14. Metal in music interlude initially gets you in hot water (7)
15. Christmas dinner is a total failure (6)
16. Short jolly tune for time of year (6)

Down

1. Christmas presenter playing sonata (not Beethoven's sixth) (5)
2. He tells joke about bishop eating tipsy cake (7)
3. Complex girl, having accepted the love of God, left making the Sign of the Cross (9)
4. Alert after alarm at Westminster as Keir's economies begin (5)
5. Open set dance! (3-4)
6. Rocky sees aunt imbibing last of summer wine (9)
7. Finished decorating - let's dance with Slade (9)
8. South American football fanatic wears a shell suit (6,3)
9. Dolomites initially articulated in poem for fizzy libation (9)
10. Inhabitant of Africa nesting in luxuriant beard (7)
11. US Ports distributed green Minis from Brussels (7)
12. Bizarrely, use a splash of Curacao for gravy (5)
13. Twelve sleep on top of newspapers (5)