2: Story about New England state apt to crumble (7)

6: Following conference's end, wild riot is focus of 'Call' published opinion (9)

7: First get a French weapon. (3)

9: What this puzzle is (3)

11: Providing energy for cuckoo pairing up (9)

12: Any number follow festival in the Orient (7)

1: Good Republican source of life-giving system for short-handed office workers (5)

3: In love with copper? Gone to give the needle? (9)

4: Succinct commission document (5)

5: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

8: Poles suffer internally - they're hard (5)

10: Some native general back in the desert (5)

11: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)