Spendlove, your F in 8 D should be an E .
I didn't even bother trying to find the quote, it wasn't too tricky to work it out. The list of letters - AAABCC etc - helped.
I need the answer to 15a to help me get out of the top left. The clue is -Like a pitch made by Conservative whip in uniform (11).
I have ??c?a???l?? and can't figure it out