Clues

1-across – Rustic opera with shepherd and lea represented : PASTORALE

6-across – Cart backed into enclosed space : YARD

10-across – Abandon holiday : LEAVE

11-across – Cheer and cheer wildly – not English: it’s far-fetched : RECHERCHE

12-across – Result of over-exposure outside darkroom? : SUNBURN

13-across – A sportsman spinning the tale : ATHLETE

14-across – Tried out with the mind, causing loss? : DETRIMENTALLY

17-across – Reduce applause to head, causing gloom : CHEERLESSNESS

21-across – Fellow takes a chance without king – about to get thrill : FRISSON

22-across – Performance by cricket side causing loss of interest : TURNOFF

24-across – Hard up force losing leader clinging to main body? : SKINTIGHT

25-across – Praise in context : EXTOL

26-across – Part of fork in a river, we hear : TINE

27-across – All inclusive : EVERYBODY

1-down – AA dispel improper form of defence : PALISADE

2-down – Spring in the country : SPAIN

3-down – College with no student bar? : OPENUNIVERSITY

4-down – Settle score : ARRANGE

5-down – Charm in French song : ENCHANT

7-down – It’s typical month – no money : ARCHETYPE

8-down – Stops working – only a bit of energy left in fuel : DIESEL

9-down – Op art in miniature? : KEYHOLESURGERY

15-down – Mastermind? It can get confused about first part of play : TACTICIAN

16-down – Thoroughly employ in a handy way : USEFULLY

18-down – The Frenchman’s prediction – losing last two to Welsh : RENEGUE

19-down – Give someone the right name : ENTITLE

20-down – Shoot away from the scenery on the stage : OFFSET

23-down – Unfashionable party cap : OUTDO

9-across – Not one of the earlier supporters in the side : LATERALLY

10-across – First character in public house wanting beer to begin with : ALEPH

11-across – What you’d expect to find in maths book : NUMBERS

12-across – Consider drinking a litre in special glass : OPALINE

13-across – River dwelling for Cockney : OUSE

14-across – Steps involved in money for something needing a cure : PESTILENCE

15-across – Shrub from which bee pursues mum : MADRONE

17-across – New York hotel’s bricked up, reportedly : WALDORF

19-across – What Americans gave Bill – and Hilary : SECONDTERM

22-across – A conjunction is used to make join : ABUT

23-across – A Romeo about 50 is completely done for : ALLOVER

24-across – Fish gets front of hook, making mistake : HERRING

26-across – Winner in posh car, no slouch : RACER

27-across – Officer leading union is someone you can work with : COLLEAGUE

1-down – Destruction of Mac’s clan – see gore in this event? : GLENCOEMASSACRE

2-down – Bill’s particular not to be seen? Bill’s not this then! : ITEMISED

3-down – Make country journey north to see this lake : ERIE

4-down – Iris is lifeless in such a setting : GLASSEYE

5-down – One of the things I stand on brings expression of incredulity : MYFOOT

6-down – Corresponding with friend, penning everything in red almost : PARALLEL

7-down – Army – something that’s charged when given frontal support : LEGION

8-down – You’ve feast set in motion with song and poem : THEEVEOFSTAGNES

16-down – One putting everything away? : OMNIVORE

17-down – One’s bored, not having broken up – there’s nothing jolly in that! : WORMHOLE

18-down – Part of the Establishment that gives you the blues : OXBRIDGE

20-down – You can get awful colic swallowing a fabric : CALICO

21-down – Most of the people from the old country : THRACE

25-down – Bar open to all, beginning to end : REEF

9-across – Spider that reaps? : HARVESTER

10-across – Permission to depart : LEAVE

11-across – Pay left-winger for bet : WAGERED

12-across – A green one may be driven to drink : GODDESS

13-across – Poet’s pigeon : HOMER

14-across – A sort able to produce old instrument : ASTROLABE

16-across – Genius at figures who’s done a spell at the Treasury? : FINANCIALWIZARD

19-across – Disposition to put up with minor degree of variation : TOLERANCE

21-across – Favourite artist from old city : PETRA

22-across – To a soldier extent of space proves drawback : RETRACT

23-across – The more unusual form of demonstrable principle : THEOREM

24-across – Company in red, I believe : CREDO

25-across – Action on speech about exercise : OPERATION

1-down – Hat we fetch out to keep the discussion going : CHEWTHEFAT

2-down – Trail round island with guide : DRAGOMAN

3-down – Porter or beer keeps one right : BEARER

4-down – Boss of the studio : STUD

5-down – Highly intelligent athlete put in the shade : BRIGHTBLUE

6-down – Pleased one is including oil extract from flowers : GLADIOLI

7-down – Girl putting up drink chart : PAMELA

8-down – Sounds like a cat where horse should be : MEWS

14-down – Divorce results from a falsehood uttered to a large number of people : ALIENATION

15-down – Fondness for measure to get people to enter into trade arrangement : ENDEARMENT

17-down – He tells of island coming up over the hill : NARRATOR

18-down – A boost to performance of heavenly body : ASTEROID

20-down – The character of a landlord? : LETTER

21-down – Paper ordered – you first send the money in advance : PREPAY

22-down – Sway to the music : ROCK

23-down – Sound of grief caused by row : TIER

1-across – Capital one invested in a new casino : NICOSIA

5-across – Dad looked amazed : POPEYED

10-across – Transport will be back at eleven : TAXI

11-across – Leave the wrong impression : PERMISSION

12-across – Greek god, part herald, part messenger : HERMES

13-across – They returned hurt, watched on 60s’ TV : AVENGERS

14-across – My! Chopin’s unusually melodic : SYMPHONIC

16-across – Fast getting chilly : NIPPY

17-across – Pass out with many a twitch : SPASM

19-across – Get garage to assemble parts : AGGREGATE

23-across – Later exchanges in court battle : WATERLOO

24-across – 5 to 4 on the winner that’s lively : VIVACE

26-across – They impressed old sailors : PRESSGANGS

27-across – English flower seen on the golf course : TEES

28-across – Badly aligned at the front : LEADING

29-across – Speak to one’s home : ADDRESS

2-down – Pointlessly altering any line : INANELY

3-down – Head leaves the platform in resentment : ODIUM

4-down – Painting technique Pam is to become involved in : IMPASTO

6-down – Hungry boy – or about to be : OLIVER

7-down – Calm and painless death : EASYGOING

8-down – Presumably, I get a lift during this tour : EGOTRIP

9-down – Where strain will cause a parting : BREAKINGPOINT

15-down – Mad, being had : POSSESSED

18-down – A plain repair I made a mess of : PRAIRIE

20-down – Edited version of the Bible : REVISED

21-down – They admit they’re often punched : TICKETS

22-down – Give the signal to pass a bottle of wine : FLAGON

25-down – Parties appeal to him : VOTER

1-across – Boil for two months : DECOCT

4-across – Got a huge C for Clumsy : GAUCHE

9-across – See 25 : ISLE

10-across – Kept up, so it’s claimed : MAINTAINED

11-across – Shakespearean court with detectives about : BARDIC

12-across – Six points ahead, Herb – fancy! : ENVISAGE

13-across – Obnoxious creatures primed with lubricant turning bright scarlet : VERMILION

15-across – Heard to deserve the bird : ERNE

16-across – Hint to learner: get in prompt : CLUE

17-across – Big toe cracked turning hot tap! Get the bone doctor : OSTEOPATH

21-across – A vessel in choice metal : PLATINUM

22-across – Unfixed one part of the street parade : AFLOAT

24-across – Occasion on which a student is working : FUNCTIONAL

25-across – Man to man in Cumbria : CARL

26-across – Bring about the demise, say, of Santa Claus : SLEIGH

27-across – Filthy place to keep fish cold : STEELY

1-down – Peculiar seaside complaint : DISEASE

2-down – The Amerindian God is to be believed : CREED

3-down – Joker gets most of the drink; that’s funny : COMICAL

5-down – Stirring kind of voice : ACTIVE

6-down – Part of helmet found by child in street and even put back : CHINSTRAP

7-down – Centrepiece Peregrine ordered, but not the right one : EPERGNE

8-down – Eating hours starting to be considered uneconomic : TIMECONSUMING

14-down – Imperative to include ring, a revolutionary facial adornment : MOUSTACHE

16-down – Flag of a military man we lay claim to : COLOURS

18-down – Man in kind of shirt turned up with old shoulder badge : EPAULET

19-down – A treaty distributed by carrier : TEATRAY

20-down – Not quite over being wound up : ENDING

23-down – Hercules? He’s off to raise the dough : LUCRE