Clues

1-across – Promising bishop true following : BRIGHT

5-across – Pest is lurking in shade : NUISANCE

9-across – Remitted about 10 cents as deposit : SEDIMENT

10-across – Mineral aggregate almost worked out in this state : OREGON

11-across – Dogfighting that does not hurt people : SHADOWBOXING

13-across – Cathedral priest does not begin promptly : ANON

14-across – Chafing when an undergarment is back to front, being worn : ABRASION

17-across – Service may be suspended for its passengers : MONORAIL

18-across – Wear ring discarded by old film star : GARB

20-across – Giving one a great shock is its most extravagant claim : HAIRRESTORER

23-across – Legs in movement make one run : SINGLE

24-across – The Mount – suitable address for a cardinal : EMINENCE

25-across – Governed by air, its function is to give resilience under foot : UNDERLAY

26-across – Send up, say, topless waiters for a change : SATIRE

2-down – Animal on its back in tall grass : REED

3-down – Sad, losing out in this sliding scale : GLISSANDO

4-down – One in ancient city at that time endlessly subject to censorship : THEBAN

5-down – Condition of total non-reality found in people who are successful in it? : NATIONALLOTTERY

6-down – Unyielding cough? Get eucalyptus : IRONBARK

7-down – One leaves valedictions meant for two : ADEUX

8-down – Head bar people up here? : CROWNCOURT

12-down – Modernisation of pub welcome : INNOVATION

15-down – But don’t expect it to have a cube root! : SUGARBEET

16-down – Food fit for so long : FAREWELL

19-down – Mannerisms of eccentric artist : TRAITS

21-down – Travel northwards in Paris street and cheat : ROGUE

22-down – Fellow leaves muffler wound : SCAR

1-across – Strip joints? You need the West End : DIVEST

4-across – Jumble found in a cheap paper carrier : RAGBAG

9-across – A vote in favour for those in favour : AYES

10-across – He wants a successful strike : PROSPECTOR

11-across – Intense fire damaged church : FIERCE

12-across – Leaves the land without George for foreign fields : EMIRATES

13-across – Low spirits of a number getting dismissal : DEJECTION

15-across – Tax it out of frivolity : LEVY

16-across – One of the first people named in Somerset House : SETH

17-across – Ex-prime minister happy to put on weight : GLADSTONE

21-across – Obtained support, having used threats : LEANEDON

22-across – Boasts about handmade footwear : SABOTS

24-across – Singular feat by a driver : AHOLEINONE

25-across – Band makes her dance : SARA

26-across – Better method of making money : SYSTEM

27-across – Journey without purpose : STROLL

1-down – Tide may change between sunrise and sunset : DAYTIME

2-down – Medieval way of saving face : VISOR

3-down – The foolish snipe at the wise : SAPIENT

5-down – Gold goes to couple working and learning abroad : AUPAIR

6-down – A Schubert composition? Capital! : BUCHAREST

7-down – Where to get tea – with or without milk and sugar : GROCERY

8-down – One old fort now converted into a tourist attraction : TOWEROFLONDON

14-down – Snares fish in spread nets : ENTANGLES

16-down – Observes the intrusion and is furious : SEETHES

18-down – Course set south in barren terrain : DESSERT

19-down – Old city in part of South Africa is unaffected : NATURAL

20-down – Publicity in place of helpful suggestions : ADVICE

23-down – Graduates thus as a singer : BASSO

1-across – Soldier without energy is not spiritual : CORPOREAL

6-across – Upstart breaking convention in assembly : FORUM

9-across – Conventional place for a refuge : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD

10-across – Irishman’s post sent back : LIAM

11-across – Pam times processing of sandstone : PSAMMITE

14-across – Boat from Oxford University set off : OUTRIGGER

15-across – Bounder seizes me for a lover : ROMEO

16-across – Patron of the arts in danger at opening night : ERATO

18-across – Tearaway leapt in or out : RANTIPOLE

20-across – Bob promptly gets lookout for mountain refuge : SNOWCAVE

21-across – Informer keeps president absorbed : RAPT

25-across – Once more measure refuse reluctantly : AGAINSTONESWILL

26-across – The fuzz arresting ringleader in swamp : DROWN

27-across – Record Bolshevik during period of pillage : DEPREDATE

1-down – Old plane appeared low : CAMEL

2-down – Make another copy of rusty vessel : REDRAFT

3-down – Endless work-to-rule in capital : OSLO

4-down – Chap turns up to inflame 15 : EROS

5-down – It is tempting without evaluation to pluck it : LUTESTRING

6-down – Unregulated market accepted defective calf : FREEMARTIN

7-down – Metal carrier I supported in spirit : RHODIUM

8-down – Dear me! PRO dispersed coral : MADREPORE

12-down – Island lacking a clergyman : MINORCANON

13-down – Exasperated with Dave and ragtag ensemble : AGGRAVATED

14-down – Stay too long on the platform : OVERSTAND

17-down – The colour of a case briefly laid on a fleece : AVOCADO

19-down – Old stars play this : OCARINA

22-down – Mark student during course : TILDE

23-down – We’ve got the same photo : SNAP

24-down – Paisley holds the key : ISLE

1-across – Garment seen on the street as something flashy : STROBE

4-across – Arab fellow, say? : CENTAUR

9-across – To go round Thailand’s capital, we get on a rickety carriage : WAGONETTE

10-across – Bob is 29 : DYLAN

11-across – Eye may be twitching after work : OPTIC

12-across – Academician is exposed in shock survey : APPRAISAL

13-across – Enthusiast’s hand grabbing tot : FADDIST

15-across – The 29 of 6 : EDWARD

17-across – See 22 : ITSALL

19-across – Lie from little wife, one going mad? : WHOPPER

22-across – Be inconsiderate fools, having grabbed diamonds, OK? That’s 10’s advice : DONTTHINK

24-across – This could contribute to a solution : WATER

26-across – Dishy fellow in the lab : PETRI

27-across – Produced singin’ : GENERATED

28-across – Rush in operation – when this person’s busy : SURGEON

29-across – Biblical twin, or one of three here? : THOMAS

1-down – Like a sort of gun observed, something dramatic and very loud : SAWNOFF

2-down – See 22 : RIGHT

3-down – Good quality house ware at home – taken outside, broken on beach! : BONECHINA

4-down – Jock’s stool sounds scary : CREEPIE

5-down – Girl Irish missionary’s upset : NADIA

6-down – Country spot remembered by poet may get a little rain – shelter in case : ADLESTROP

7-down – Preceding T : RONALD

8-down – … associated with S : STUART

14-down – Setter-off observed climbing a hill : DETONATOR

16-down – A high street name of material significance : WOOLWORTH

18-down – What one’s doing with extremes of lethargy at home and spirit sinking? : LYINGIN

19-down – Coming to victory holding top two cards – good! : WAKING

20-down – Hesitation about having colour put on very big screen : REREDOS

21-down – Girl sets non-U fashions : ADAPTS

23-down – See 22 : TWICE

25-down – Convey male image in tribe : TOTEM

1-across – Storybook character turned out bad and, emerging, ran : GINGERBREADMAN

9-across – Blocks the rowers’ seats : THWARTS

10-across – Was diet confused with sex? : EXISTED

11-across – Making a little ballerina nervous is foolish : INANE

12-across – Order member’s compass in sultanate : ORANGEMAN

13-across – Course taken by each pupil, held authentically by the Lord Chancellor : GREATSEAL

14-across – Raw food served by South American husband to me … : SUSHI

15-across – … like crab that’s cold? : NIPPY

17-across – Two relatives I’ve brought back from the mountain : NANDADEVI

20-across – Hegel’s interpretive method, in a manner of speaking, takes one chapter : DIALECTIC

22-across – Pope’s crown from Ireland”s capital in place of Irish kings : TIARA

23-across – Leading question, perhaps, to which wet hero at sea? : WHERETO

24-across – Rock singer is the French number one after learning … : LORELEI

25-across – … heavy metal material composed for guitar on record : CORRUGATEDIRON

1-down – Solving this may be depressing : GETTINGONEDOWN

2-down – Prison novel initially giving Archer total exposure : NEWGATE

3-down – Home established in primitive setting with determination : EARNESTLY

4-down – Demonstrated how to suit a particular individual? : BESPOKE

5-down – Look directly as I shout aloud : EYEBALL

6-down – Keen to have one foot in the grave? : DYING

7-down – A goddess, losing heart, encountered sun god rising : ARTEMIS

8-down – One making divine to carry holy books, establishing a bond with others : IDENTIFICATION

14-down – Exhausted character who’s mad about Guardian compiler : SHATTERED

16-down – Inactive treatment for rank smell : PLACEBO

17-down – Number at wit’s end with hunger for a short while : NOTLONG

18-down – Spoon allowed as personal adornment : NECKLET

19-down – One who helps in centre for inalienable rights : ENABLER

21-down – Islamic leader’s always poetical about me : EMEER