1-across – Hotel has not much custom : HABIT

4-across – Pelt teacher,as violent youth : SKINHEAD

8-across – Peer at loo on beach – sometimes weed : LORDSANDLADIES

10-across – One often flat out on road,he would pass hospital,say,coming back : HEDGEHOG

11-across – Hearty eater,not entirely an idiot,shortly to cut down : FOODIE

12-across – Metal,last of long series in reissued manual : LANTHANUM

15-across – It’s plain McDonald’s return is brief : OVERT

17-across – Linger a day by source of water : DWELL

18-across – From sex recoil shuddering: onward and upward! : EXCELSIOR

19-across – Opened wide given dentistry at last,showing bristles : YAWNED

21-across – No longer a success,did that chap belong to a political party? : WASHEDUP

24-across – Initial data run is wrong? I’m not dogmatic : LATITUDINARIAN

25-across – Pins equipment let loose in seconds : SKITTLES

26-across – Much greater desire to conceal name : HUGER

1-down – Short school breaks may suggest Indian festival? : HALFHOLIDAYS

2-down – They say you can’t miss the entrance to this social : BARNDANCE

3-down – A tiny bit of sense : TASTE

4-down – Son to stop wasting time in tannery? : SUNLOUNGE

5-down – Boon companion not the first to have troubles : ILLS

6-down – Lacking stomach,happy to cross water up on smooth – this? : HYDROFOIL

7-down – I see notice about closure of theatre is up : AHEAD

9-down – Dear,this knife often is : LETTEROPENER

13-down – Greek lover’s little girl caught up in violent crime : HELLENIST

14-down – Skilled workers’ strange mischance : MECHANICS

16-down – Go in fancy with devil,acting so? : EVILDOING

20-down – Share with journalist : WHACK

22-down – Summer weather,hot,for butterfly : HEATH

23-down – One powerfully built that’s fought in Spain : BULL

1-across – Like this clue? No idea! Now,got to start having a shot : DOWNING

5-across – Pass over half of legal exercise to finish school : COLLEGE

10-across – Revolutionary times back in the Vaisya diaspora : DAYS

11-across – Back-channel new beats left spinning on these : TURNTABLES

12-across – One delivering line in leafy nook : BOWLER

13-across – One admires performing it as a piece of music : FANTASIA

14-across – Found ecstasy on top of sideboard-like dining furniture? : ESTABLISH

16-across – Sign when Amazon drops off second of packages : VIRGO

17-across – B-brilliant! : BRAVO

19-across – Might it be their turn to make an admission? : DOORKNOBS

23-across – At a pinch,they can be used to make do : HAIRPINS

24-across – Drives an Austin : POWERS

26-across – I’m working with sinister governmental organisations : MINISTRIES

27-across – Heading off,escapes the worst bits : LEES

28-across – Introduce Soup’s 20th option : IMPLANT

29-across – Caught by gamekeepers,I stop,then carry on : PERSIST

2-down – Sort out singer Rita’s overhead speakers : ORATORS

3-down – Gran,as always,somewhat nosy : NASAL

4-down – Lacking art,put up brown painting covering opening : NATURAL

6-down – Looking for business after starting trip : OUTING

7-down – I ran around,chasing 16’s follower – she won’t like the noise : LIBRARIAN

8-down – Getting older,the Taskmaster suppresses element of negativity : GREYING

9-down – Academic role for further education: primarily study skills,or researching species hybrids in plants : PROFESSORSHIP

15-down – Brave lad struggling over one part of speech : ADVERBIAL

18-down – Split up – be withdrawn,miserable,displaying faithfulness : REALISM

20-down – Scientists’ upright support on base for retort : RIPOSTE

21-down – They cut,save and,in a limited fashion,speculate with rupees and shillings : BARBERS

22-down – He wrote of Eden,moonlit – destroying love with devilry : MILTON

25-down – Looking up regulations in Kent and Surrey,or another 22 such? : WALES

4-across – Arch conservative woman : CAMBER

6-across – Turns of speech I can eschew : CHICANES

9-across – Doctor is able to retire and love country : MONACO

10-across – Reconnect the power of French grip : DECLUTCH

11-across – Firstly,Hamilton is going home having proposed with shrill voice : HIGHPITCHED

15-across – Make cockup,assuming miles to reach Italy : FERRARI

17-across – Inclination to be ahead,converting pole after pole : UPSLOPE

18-across – Track resolvent liquid after Spanish approval : SILVERSTONE

22-across – Best friend’s fractured large toe : ALTEREGO

23-across – Distresses using some radial arm saws : ALARMS

24-across – Removing protective gear,see Verstappen’s dubious lackeys : SERVANTS

25-across – Viennese driver’s spoken with more colour : LOUDER

1-down – Taking first step,carrying a copper vessel : TEACUP

2-down – Bailiwick that includes bridge : WHEELHOUSE

3-down – Clogs loused-up,quantity of engine suppressed : OCCLUDES

4-down – Part of engine hits back,thousands missing,hot on tail : CAMSHAFT

5-down – Mother fusses around Schumacher’s final two controllers : MANAGERS

7-down – Nabs points on way back : NETS

8-down – Lando finally attached to significant other,taking husband somewhere in the West End : SOHO

12-down – Rear illuminations sicken novice wearing hosiery : TAILLIGHTS

13-down – Privileged pet name taken by our little Edward : HONOURED

14-down – One who backtracks about a poet? : REVERSER

16-down – Powers with electric current replaced by dirty air from European country : AUSTRIAN

19-down – Barmaid endlessly showing up with nothing on : SALOON

20-down – Initially,braking and traction system is not all there : BATS

21-down – Senna’s first to discredit the lead : STAR

7-across – Hagrid confused over pressure and pH in this solution? : DIGRAPH

8-across – Supermodel in endless pain after knockabout : PARAGON

9-across – Leave out captain : SKIP

10-across – Soap to turn off bloke : DETERGENT

12-across – Romance from a special one – not half! : AMOUR

13-across – Spooner’s bottom tortures 3s : REDBACKS

15-across – Row involving Bond and Q’s successor : TIER

16-across – I tucked into my bread : MONEY

17-across – Issue returning for predator : WOLF

18-across – Diver succeeded opening his knife? : COUSTEAU

20-across – Article reduced in M&S for little kids : MITES

21-across – Small man from BP? : BLACKPAWN

22-across – Take it easy in nature study : REST

24-across – fifteensquared.net is one place to see Arachne’s work? : WEBSITE

25-across – Former husband more generous claims old wife : WIDOWER

1-down – Mark moment : TICK

2-down – Sting held up crucifix to make a theatrical entrance : TRAPDOOR

3-down – <span>Broadcast saw a 22 in </span><i>The Crucible</i> : SPIDER

4-down – Introduction to Leo Sayer CD remixed in a divine manner : SACREDLY

5-down – Brownie is one advanced artist : CAMERA

6-down – Malt whiskey for son in class : WORT

11-down – 3 is natural at cooking : TARANTULA

12-down – Fighter entering a ring in China : AMIGO

14-down – Conclusions from Sherlock Holmes surrounding unfortunate murders : KILLS

16-down – Animals make 22 distressed : MEERKATS

17-down – Playing later in Court No.1 : WATERLOO

19-down – Meagre royalties ultimately accepted by Prince Harry? : SPARSE

20-down – <span>Ray cut short 50% of </span><i>I Say a Little Prayer</i> : MANTIS

21-down – Power breakfast served up including cup of tea : BREW

23-down – Shakespearean actor finishes in plays with Laurence Olivier : SHER

1-across – Watches a women’s diversion for infants : SEESAW

5-across – Make a joke of the day I get promoted : SATIRISE

9-across – Political group I nag to work out plan of action : CAMPAIGN

10-across – Almost all weaponry is terrifying : ALARMS

11-across – Call bootblack out of bed to start work? : RISEANDSHINE

13-across – Defaced wall painting of mountain range : URAL

14-across – One recently dead put into the ground alone : ISOLATED

17-across – Penalises wordplay that is too subtle : FINESPUN

18-across – Urgent request that may be bargained in America : PLEA

20-across – This informs the media how to get out of seatbelt? : PRESSRELEASE

23-across – In store playing English hi-fi equipment : STEREO

24-across – Wise guys touring Oz or the States for simple food : SAUSAGES

25-across – Set to receive such ideal land : PROMISED

26-across – Attack poor service and hurry away : LETFLY

2-down – Dairy product invented,is it suggested? : EDAM

3-down – Reuse plug after replacing big sticker : SUPERGLUE

4-down – Fantasy question about one woman’s address : WHIMSY

5-down – Shocked as insolent aside is given the tabloid treatment : SENSATIONALISED

6-down – Draw apart and flop down,having a bit of a cry : TEARDROP

7-down – Arrive at a stretch of water : REACH

8-down – Disciple Mark entering the holy city,safe : SIMONPETER

12-down – But one’s decision should be anything but capricious : ARBITRATOR

15-down – Sweet,having skill to support small program : APPLETART

16-down – Not legitimate,so I usurp violently : SPURIOUS

19-down – Footballers given a large handbook : MANUAL

21-down – Run through film showing a half of rugby : SCRUM

22-down – Aquatic creature and its habitat,loch? : SEAL