Optimistic, like male of 17ac? (7)

Writer in retreat welcomed by fat cat (7)

Eagle not the last for Gary Player? (4)

Heavy defeat at home by City, as per usual (9)

Ridiculous record by 17ac (5)

Life’s in a mess for 17ac (8)

Bed broken by adult film (4)

Peer tackling drip in toilet (5)

Swimmer occasionally ill at ease doing backstroke? (4)

Unlimited plums to take on again (2-6)

Gang member bored by opening of Magic Flute (5)

Cabaret dancing queen is 17ac (4-5)

Brother working within revolutionary unit (4)

British artist coming back in time to entertain (7)

Female virtue cracked secret (7)

Young adult in passive stage (4)

Footballer on the up – hard worker and big beast! (8)

Husband leaving smoking pot in a lost state (6)

Communist country’s borders admitting drug tolerance (8)

“Howzat” call from Lyon saving Australia (6)

Old nag (4)

Most partisan United fan whipped up anger on street (9)

Charlie to get away from 17ac (5)

Mark regularly using satnav maps (5)

Sleepy dictator’s gun loaded (8)

Square couple holding joint for fellow traveller (8)

Barney Rubble is 12dn (6)

Show around a lost American (6)

Crack and heroin smuggled by 17ac (4)

Blue, like stilton supplied by Spooner (4)