Cryptic crossword No 3,527

Across

1. European Unionist endlessly blogs naked bias and praises (7)
2. Early English national, hungry at first, tucks into game bird in potting shed (10)
3. I log a man becoming beige (8)
4. Delirious Cretan with delicious drink (6)
5. In French company engineers call for more (6)
6. Fool, help to deceive (7)
7. Part of wood missing? Sounds incomplete (8)
8. Brief ascent cut short getting to high point (6)
9. Wild person has Thomas Cook vacation touring ancient city (4)
10. Transport costs have European in shock (7)
11. Hotspur relegated - first out - atrocious outcome (6)
12. Principally taken early afternoon; poured, often thoughtfully with this (6)
13. City leaderless after regular storm in national university, perhaps (7)
14. Move to defend king and throw off the French (6)
15. Displeased with ways to go when a decision must be made? (10)
16. One with brain famously scratching head in dark? (4)

Down

1. Rinse carelessly? Bad habit for here (2,7)
2. Control what I do with phone (7)
3. Eccentric regal composer (5)
4. Thing that turns up and down (5)
5. Section of slalom is rejected in Italian town (5)
6. Gambolled regularly, having the necessary time, perhaps, to do so (4)
7. String instrument within reach - twang on it! (5)
8. Central characters in skincare empire (4)
9. Cruelly deny game for beautiful Greek lad? (8)
10. South-East American ship's doctor, perhaps? (5)
11. Recovery at last after periodic relapse - it's not hard (4)
12. Axe ready - occasionally it goes straight through (1-3)
13. Piece of ammo taken up - a tiny piece (4)
14. Learned to replace bishop with king in dark (7)
15. Throw up after body part found in church (5,4)
16. Africa disheartened, protecting hunted animals, tailless lizards (5)
17. Fast legislature (4)
18. Vineyard on street had meal of bread, perhaps (8)