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COCKTAILPARTYOccasion to wear a little black dress, perhaps MICROWAVESAFELike some takeout containers WINDOWSTICKERLaced? CONSOLIDATIONStrengthening STOPANDSEARCHPolice power based on ‘reasonable grounds’ (4-3-6) MAKENOTHINGOFFail to understand JEANSMATERIALMined? SLEIGHTOFHANDMagician's deception KEEPHOPEALIVEDon't stop believing JACKROSENTHALEnglish playwright whose TV dramas include Bar Mitzvah Boy, Spend, Spend, Spend and The Knowledge WRECKXNEFFECTRap group with the 1992 #2 hit "Rump Shaker" THATSALLFOLKSTalks fall short unfortunately without resistance - there’s no more SITTINGBOURNEKentish town in the Swale (13)