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8 Across, Opening numbers dropped from libretto about vessel in battle scene (9)

12 Across, Investigator with authorisation's good for carbon industry (9)

13 Across,Wife leaving exotic flower'll put in low shrub swiftly (4,3,7)

16 Across, Mostly,John Brown leads ritual and meditation? (7)

Compiler - NESTOR

Many Thanks

13 hell for leather

8 Otterb urn

12 Looks like 'diligence' (industry) but I can't fully parse it.

licence with good for carbon gives the ligence bit

I seemed to have an extra C Chris.

DI - investigator (Detetcive Inspector)
authorisation - LICENCE
Good for Carbon - LIGENCE
Def industry?

That's roughly how I saw it, Chris.
I see now that the extra C is substituted by a G.
Thank you. I can get on with some work now!

16A TANTRIC

I can see the definition and the TAN (brown) but not the rest.
Feeling a bit slow today!