Cryptic crossword No 3,764

Across

1. Hard soldier turned hard as stone (4)
2. Cloak of royal honour (4)
3. Serve listener 'X' and sadden! (10)
4. Dissent is awkward around West... ultimately these people decide what should come out of your mouth (8)
5. Troupe member beginning to diet and avoiding onset of malignant affliction (6)
6. The endless rave by one who prosecutes a form of Buddhism (9)
7. Performed, and did very well at taking time (5)
8. In anger as sacred item broken by Taliban leader (5)
9. "Yes" & "No" I saved, offering back less decisive responses (8)
10. See 22dn
11. It may help with cleaning rounds, being in step (5,3)
12. West Asian people discussed precursor to 6 down (5)
13. Damaged roots and trunk (5)
14. Sort of 6 down crackle ices terrible slice (9)
15. So... can't change number that starts fixed! (8)
16. In tone, rave morphed into worship (10)

Down

1. It's checked very often, with more than one way to darken (6)
2. His 14 pieces provide for a 4; for dag, ovation gives back (8)
3. A little time with the French beast (4)
4. Not new, hip hop's only bad attitude (10)
5. Python John to give up, long for bit of hard dairy produce (6)
6. True to how things are, with I.T. university replacing last of people following arcane ceremony (11)
7. It may be part of 15, breaking trust (5)
8. Brief visit in South to prove foolish (8)
9. He recorded much music going up to top ten, by not using English (4,7)
10. A pert set is jiggled during this act? (10)
11. Many half-starving, with fears one is lost (8)
12. With 'A' in Math but only 3/10 in Arithmetic, 23 24 became 4 in WW2 (4,4)
13. Without I.T., extreme mirth set fellow back, becoming major figure of 5 (6,6)
14. Team in orange oddly doubt check (5)
15. Lady performing Georgia twice (4)
16. See 2dn