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The Perplexing Trumpet

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Solution

Across

  1. Reznor's band, entrapped by capricious lender, almost get stripped of coverage (8)
  2. An alternative to gas ceases to exist after a couple of initial fuel shortages (6)
  3. Ambassador, for example, expelled in the end, bearing certificate (7)
  4. Unpredictable element: sexually explicit female performer (1-6)
  5. Comedy podcast that rhymes with Google will be a pest to a couple of primary leaders (5)
  6. Get sharp, White-at-heart kid fronting: "like deep cuts?" (2 3 4)
  7. Unfortunately errs, troubles those that keep parliament in order? (6'1 5)
  8. Righting old wrong, has run-in with new focus of intense criticism (9 3)
  9. Take pull away from critic? (9)
  10. Get to share a chocolate's filling (5)
  11. Unpredictable South Park kid hugs vermin (7)
  12. Reread one page, went crazy (4 3)
  13. Great hero all around, according to "sources" (6)
  14. Investor, take note: he's wearing the emperor's new clothes (8)

Down

  1. Busted fraudulent treasury bonds and such (1 1 4)
  2. I'm awake, up tweeting to the far right at night to call things "fake news"? (6)
  3. Learns more about observer grabbing money from Mexico (6 3)
  4. To deal with inappropriate behavior, I dare other correction with political acumen (4 3 4 3)
  5. Illegal downloader misses the beginning, is upset (5)
  6. Plan for Navy commandoes: take over African nation, eliminating second-in-command (3 5)
  7. Ideally: less rage, and benevolence (8)
  8. Former flame and I get straight, surprisingly get out-played? (4 5 5)
  9. Car trip, concealing old grandmother, to place where Mexicans may cross the border (3 6)
  10. Donors hush-hush, but on the books? (8)
  11. Partisan literature, say, has "Apropos to send extremist outsiders away, get 'scram' in edgewise" (8)
  12. Standard: a hundred thousand for Donald's predecessor (6)
  13. A horde fomenting for words of resignation (2 4)
  14. In pursuit of fear, deceitful to hide truth, fundamentally (5)