Back side (scruff) of the neck (4)

Obvious; perceptible (8)

Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of colour (1853-1890) (3,4)

Classical Peloponnese city, once the greatest in Greece (5)

Contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used (6,2,4)

Hesitant; not certain (6)

Heavy, starchy and hard to digest (6)

To and fro (4,3,5)

Kick out, expel (5)

Requiring free oxygen for respiration (7)

O! I'm sharp (anag) (8)

Image, often carved, worshipped as a god (4)

Colour traditionally worn by officers at sea (4,4)

Burgundy grape of several varieties (5)

Israeli port, one of the five major Philistine cities (6)

Take foolish risks (4,4,4)

Intolerant; racially or religiously biased (7)

Move quietly: leisure (4)

One self-propelled on several wheels (6-6)

Fabulous, fictitious or idealised, as in a reference to the past (8)

Code of law derived from the Qu'ran and Mohammed's teachings (7)

Historical records (6)

Affected by hydrophobia (5)

Sacred Hindu writings (4)