Literary Mini #13

**Hello again, solvers**, and thanks for trying your hand at a slightly-larger-than-usual cryptic puzzle.  Hopefully you found your way to the correct solution, in which case I hope you'll jab the like button above 👍 and drop me a comment to let me know how you got on.

I'm going to get it in the neck for some of these down clues, I'm certain of it.  (And deservedly so, I might add.)

ACROSS. 1A. ||anag. CITE contained in "Musk" = EL(ECTI)ON + "revolutionary phase" = DAY.||  7A. ||anag. AFFAIR.|| 8A. ||Last letters of "undemocratic so you stop".|| 9A. ||anag. TRIFLE + first letters of "is that yours".|| 11A. ||anag. TENNISASS.|| 13A. ||reversal of "reservations" = BUTS.|| 14A. ||crypticish def.|| 15A. ||"Men" = GENTS, containing: "done with" = OVER + external letters of "nihilism" = NM.||

DOWN.  2D. ||"Meadow" = LEA + first letter of "flower".|| 3D. ||Spoonerize "candy wire" = TOFFEE CABLE.|| 4D. ||Homophone of "internal conflict" = INNER TENSION.||  5D. ||anag. LACONICSAGE.||  6D. ||remove first letter of "empty-headedness" = VACUITY.|| 10D. ||Double def.|| 12D. ||"dribble" = RUN + last letter of "halt".||

Really loved this one, especially 11A & 3D

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