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15A He rips peg out (6)

?E???H

Could be anagram of he rips = seriph I suppose but don't think so

16D Walled in (7)

????R?D

16 could be immured?

15 Perish

Thanks both for your speedy help (as always)

Much appreciated

I think the Wee Stinker today cannot be finished as one clue has two possible answers.

The answer to 13D is the type of animal that Santa uses and the clue for 18A is as follows:

18 One of 13 (6) D?N?E?

Now, there are two animals with names which fit and how does one choose between them?

Indeed there are, seamus. Careless!

I can think of 3 candidates, depending on whether you go by first poem or later song. How to chose among them ?

As said above that is very careless from the setter and they accept all three possibilities.

1A Capital, key capital (9) ??o?????m
19A Boss (4) ?m?o
1D Nit layer' s city (5) ??o?l

19 Ambo

1d Seoul - anag louse