The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1389

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A biblical city with a distinctive quality AURA
Bitterness of everyone after end of squabbling GALL
Boats less substantial beginning to sink to the bottom LIGHTERS
Despot in car, an unreliable one, mostly AUTOCRAT
District I had found in home counties SIDE
Heartless sir grabbing woman — one may be on thin ice! SKATER
Heather uses loveless language LING
If about to stay, you’ll find a warm spot in winter FIRESIDE
Impolite and cross, by the sound of it RUDE
Instrument's condition when given case of iron FIFE
It's eaten? That's wrong — it's drunk ANISETTE
Keeping under surveillance a top man determined to get outside staking out
Clues Answers
Matters son mismanaged — lots of different things ASSORTMENT
Measures teachers changed HECTARES
Name of man ending in some Asian countries STAN
Newspaper perused, we hear, by chief REDTOP
Not working, finished being hurt OFFENDED
Nuts who'd contrived closure of business? SHUTDOWN
Old country female comes down to entertain the Queen FLANDERS
Stagnant swamp in Berkshire town SLOUGH
Three performers from choir turned up TRIO
To English, Scottish game very embarrassing toe-curling
Tragic suitors, sad, thrown into confusion DISASTROUS
You will need some beef for this! EFFORT