Cryptic crossword No 3,509

Across

1. Missing sailor posted two notes (8)
2. Burn books about an early form of transport (7)
3. Scrooge discovered in very narrow, short desert valley. (8)
4. Ragdoll maybe swallows whimper for Juliet. (7)
5. What the opera soprano says she does to fondant maybe (5)
6. Securely put short criminal inside for example (6)
7. Look around shelter, dozy! (6)
8. Rotten more than ready (8)
9. Dream of female insect and the Orient (8)
10. Penny leaves the helm and becomes more vulgar (5)
11. Old Bob thanks twitch for interference (6)
12. Exceptional epic that is heartbreaking (8)
13. Loud mistake in bona fide introduction (8)
14. Brown Hardy character returns to ancient city from the east (6)

Down

1. Father and Pastor Superior with a fresh fowl in Oceania (5-3-6)
2. Small bird wearing front half of forage cap in London (6)
3. Creation ruins Eve shockingly (8)
4. Rampant brambles cut hag in the ancient capital of Northumbria (8-6)
5. Supporter of French guitar. (8)
6. Setter's truncated rear has debts. That's weird (10)
7. Small bottle is more than enough to go round for all to see (6)
8. Fighters happy a rocky outcrop is around (10)
9. Cloak-and-dagger chap, right? (6)
10. Do junior officers eat this in their canteen at Eton? (4)
11. Stop artist coming back with balance (6)
12. Heart of Pacific Oregon (4)