Cryptic crossword No 3,258

Across

1. Retro northern country pub (3)
2. Country singer makes bread (4)
3. Spurned lover slaps Becks ...and Posh? (6)
4. Lasting war perk? Fresh product in the gas pump! (9,5)
5. Clown-chief, Starmer, in government in chaos (10)
6. Load of mess surrounding Keir, case for ejection? (8)
7. Damned creep we regularly ignored (6)
8. Exchange with alien territory's army in feud (8)
9. Plugging crypto – a truly repulsive way of living (3)
10. Whack Musk’s butt in the cell! (4)
11. Laughter accompanying Trump’s leadership U-turns in this state? (4)
12. Psycho Mandy, having Epstein's back, concealing malfeasance essentially (6)
13. Snubbed, Rishi sadly enters: “openings for tech-bros trading gear” (1-5)
14. Dapper toy-boy (quiet, muscly type) discloses illness (7,3)
15. PM, tender and alone, weeps, finally ruined as a politician (5,9)
16. Liberal bill blocked by Republican (4)

Down

1. Top brass member in suit, shedding power over Mandelson (9)
2. Mandelson ultimately exits Lords? Figures... (6)
3. Completely obsessed with Swift’s latest #LOVE (2,4)
4. ICE, in tense, heartless clash, gets regular worshipper (6)
5. Leader of Greens’ innate fire delivering win (3,4)
6. Flanders, butt-naked, on the counter for The Guardian (6)
7. TV producer of Trash Island and Cut Off (7)
8. “Violence or payment owed!” – letter that's horrid (9)
9. Reportedly grew pot, given good bollocking (8)
10. Little fluid to administer orally with doctor before surgery (8)
11. “Sack closes in?” Starmer reflected, and cried (8)
12. Braverman ultimatum: "detain non-British cat species!" (5)
13. Farage: “Donald has lost it” (5)
14. Wait… Karol’s entering dodgy deal with Tesla Energy? (4,4)