Cryptic crossword No 3,730

Across

1. Ask peer about who presides over debate (7)
2. Musical chairs leading to child eliminated to appeal (9)
3. Keeper of course in the perfect place after retreating a lot (9)
4. Letter from Romeo completely departing from conventional rules of language (5)
5. Singer's over with poet penning nothing right (9)
6. Waving oar at large vessel (5)
7. Boom arm a lad extends hands out-spread (9)
8. Lego product name ends in trademark symbol (5)
9. 10 pieces of fishing gear — £1000 exclusive for members (9)
10. Operator in rush exhausted oxygen (7)
11. Good cutting satire reshaped assignments of importance (7)
12. What's facing the man involved in criminal conspiracy to engage in revolution? (9)
13. Creature that spends days hiding jellybeans around in odd places (5)
14. With line obscuring the centre, eraser becomes a necessity in geometry class (5)
15. Post starting to detach from roof support (5)
16. Does algorithmic translation from English transcription finally start to capture Songs of Praise? (7)

Down

1. Cuts into nice ribs sprinkled with salt (9)
2. Little monastery holds one regularly behind a tower? (5)
3. A murder involved a sensitive part of the body (7)
4. String quartet's latest success heading to Eurovision (5)
5. August turning up extremely extempore, about to blow out and swear (9)
6. With its starter running, camper rocks but very little and briefly? (9)
7. Couple yanked at lead of husky on Blue Ridge, way up high (9)
8. Articles below focus on celebrity about to get some fresh air (7)
9. Caveats perhaps superficially address the dangers (9)
10. Restaurant staff member refusing one a drink (5)
11. Small friendly crowd (5)
12. Judges invested in legitimate practice (9)
13. A bellowing tree-hugger's fine retracted by a Californian city (5)
14. Big Bird panics internally (7)
15. Vegetarian cousin looking over at minced alligator? (7)
16. Charlie donated money to get stills (5)