1-across – Lexicographer’s book appearing in short film : WEBSTER

5-across – Bag abandoned in college : HOLDALL

9-across – One that is interrupting King,on more slippery ground? : ICIER

10-across – Red revolution backed by large number,we hear : VERMILION

11-across – Indian policy located travellers’ organisation outside Indian city : SATYAGRAHA

12-across – Mostly tense and sort of cross : TAU

14-across – Inauspicious record over ancient city,no longer young : DISCOURAGING

18-across – Time remained out of joint in the morning : ANTEMERIDIEM

21-across – Shakespeare character’s insufficiently sound : HAL

22-across – Bed for us is kept by alien – green man on a journey? : ECOTOURIST

25-across – Reason sailor turned in,full of old beer : RATIONALE

26-across – Wings of angel frequently in heaven? : ALOFT

27-across – Old percussion instrument from area outside the country? : EXCLAVE

28-across – Old Pope restricting limits of the ordinary? That’s heartbreaking : PITEOUS

1-down – Question about the writer’s small expression of fantasy : WHIMSY

2-down – Extensive campaign to introduce new pancake : BLINTZ

3-down – Mistake over a company investing in odd parts of team’s ground : TERRAFIRMA

4-down – Current Director leaving club : RIVER

5-down – Whitish plant and mineral found between rugby posts – ground not grey : HOREHOUND

6-down – Arab currency to rise and retreat : LAIR

7-down – Recycling of minor stuff suppressed by a cross pilot : AVIATRIX

8-down – Judge abruptly turned,blocking the way,leading to profanity? : LANGUAGE

13-down – Water the Parisian and I in fact boiled to make hot drink : CAFEAULAIT

15-down – Hackneyed stuff: playboy in pursuit of college bird : CORNCRAKE

16-down – Observed Arab possibly cutting support : SAWHORSE

17-down – Difficulty,nothing less,circumvented by Greek soccer club : ATHLETIC

19-down – I’m prepared to slip into knockout gown : KIMONO

20-down – Idiot surrounded by boundless racket may get ear pain : OTITIS

23-down – French ready to be upset about Welsh idiot : TWERP

24-down – Australian and American responses on rearing bean plant : SOYA

9-across – Turn to gas with Virginia: Prince to speak after Epstein’s introduction : EVAPORATE

10-across – Tailor stripped lads before fitting : ADAPT

11-across – Go through torture to acquire answer : RANSACK

12-across – Suggestion of line in tattooist’s work? : INKLING

13-across – Back to table after ordering cold sweet : DOLCE

14-across – Where one might get shot with beer hosting a party : PAINTBALL

16-across – Fix eyes or a butt-lift for American woman’s figure : STATUEOFLIBERTY

19-across – Painkiller,heroin,injected in butt or leg : ENDORPHIN

21-across – It might make you go brown when leaving Italy : SENNA

22-across – Beaten with hard truncheon at the start : WROUGHT

23-across – Did wear pants,initially,problem solved for clothing : SPORTED

24-across – Pitch in sports ground confined in extra time : ERECT

25-across – Country manor in a state,primarily needing repair : SANMARINO

1-down – Break out again? Screw ignoring guards secured criminal : RECRUDESCE

2-down – Bark on this dog without lead: animal is shaken : MAGNOLIA

3-down – Search in order to get date : FORAGE

4-down – Tip Kay behind bar : BANK

5-down – One captivated by unfinished drawing: it was discovered in mould? : PENICILLIN

6-down – Supports Bill in act of betrayal : BACKSTAB

7-down – Film on copper from Pennsylvania: American stealing money : PATINA

8-down – Horny male to droop after drinking time : STAG

14-down – She sees parking spots here when manoeuvring : PROPHETESS

15-down – Find position practical : LAYHANDSON

17-down – Delivery firm adopting suitable standards : UPRIGHTS

18-down – Collar on dog for other animal : RINGTAIL

20-down – Make love: female on vacation with Romeo – it could be remote? : DOOFER

21-down – Struggle connecting a neutral line in plug : SLOGAN

22-down – Flower on top of wall on climbing plant : WEED

23-down – Beach with sun: big deal? : SAND

1-across – <span>What may appear in </span><i>Cats</i><span> or otherwise</span> : ACTORS

4-across – Unstable,like French director Charlie : ASTATIC

9-across – In the USA,fool quaint girl eating wraps : DINGALING

10-across – Weep about tax officials once backing previous PM? : BORIS

11-across – Corners Poles over permissible charges : NOOKS

12-across – Company introducing ‘wild boar and rum’ stew : CARBONADO

13-across – Get ready to fence unconfined hens by pruned planted area : ENGARDE

15-across – Obscure hints of poor lexicography,the last thing you’d get from Susie Dent : DIMPLE

17-across – He’s easily manipulated my friend from the East : LAPDOG

19-across – Disturb arrangement of extremely diverse set of manufacturer’s products : DERANGE

22-across – In pieces,blokes beginning to trash flat : APARTMENT

24-across – Chose part in reference book : OPTED

26-across – Large casks containing No.1 in imported port : TUNIS

27-across – Everyone who wants to participate calls me or mobile : ALLCOMERS

28-across – Loss of power punctuated with Republican indignation : OUTRAGE

29-across – Some Democrat-Socialist revolutionary,one who shares the bill? : COSTAR

1-down – Gutted American poet is moderately slow in bars : ANDANTE

2-down – Dance beat introduces energy : TANGO

3-down – Liberal US readers relieved of worries : REASSURED

4-down – Irritated,imperilled,avoiding death : ANGERED

5-down – Bill ducks ban : TABOO

6-down – Jolly missionary wearing sailor’s hat : TARPAULIN

7-down – Heavenly twin of Conservative US-born viscountess : CASTOR

8-down – Slip up when going to pot? : MISCUE

14-down – Oppose best-ever sports player securing wins : GOAGAINST

16-down – Traveller’s old stuff picked up with car : MARCOPOLO

18-down – Pineapple order placed around late afternoon,finally : GRENADE

19-down – Too much charging faulty LED burnt plug : DOTTLE

20-down – Recipient tolerates having a pair exchanged : ENDUSER

21-down – Former president oil company snubbed : CASTRO

23-down – Car manufacturer put up plan,saving skin : TESLA

25-down – Sentimental,tense,brief communication : TWEET

1-across – Fumble about university,emptying it of camp gear : GUYROPE

5-across – A tax U-turn if shoddily managed leads into regression : ATAVISM

10-across – Some of these are electric rockers : EELS

11-across – Healthy food ruined in bloody university : GOODFORYOU

12-across – Religious person must embrace a church’s subtlety : NUANCE

13-across – Go to these text locations to find leaks : SEEPAGES

14-across – Smelling loo,in fact revolting : OLFACTION

16-across – It’d be silly to get this plumbing fixture : BIDET

17-across – Riverbank robber : CLYDE

19-across – Certain to return tackling one or other wrong : ERRONEOUS

23-across – Taking a back seat during war : INACTION

24-across – Male host enters perfectly : TOMCAT

26-across – Model husband claimed regularly to make cheese : DANISHBLUE

27-across – Potential riot from this musical composition : TRIO

28-across – From policeman,a temporary discharge : EMANATE

29-across – Heavyweight sent back bum for not having a special suit : NOTRUMP

2-down – Out of tune,quality is not the same : UNEQUAL

3-down – Concerned with evil sticky stuff : RESIN

4-down – Paint FBI agents into a hole : PIGMENT

6-down – Make disapproving sounds,including ‘eff off’ and ‘sit on this’? : TUFFET

7-down – Troubled relatives able to change : VERSATILE

8-down – European slob last to bathe : SLOVENE

9-down – Hairstyle on Lucy sure to get ruffled as it’s done : BOBSYOURUNCLE

15-down – Charlie wearing extra habit : ADDICTION

18-down – Yearn to get a jolly law member? : LONGARM

20-down – In part of month,egocentrics get busy : ONTHEGO

21-down – US keeping Iran struggling at first may prevent its enrichment? : URANIUM

22-down – Intelligence and success are trendy : WITHIT

25-down – Dish out right measure : METER

9-across – Are strangely stressed and reserved : EARMARKED

10-across – Sort of acid,do you find me? Not at all : AMINO

11-across – Relative settles in to new town … : TAUNTON

12-across – … her husband has article needing a wash : UNCLEAN

13-across – Heart ripped out of French town is horrible : VILE

14-across – Not using pen the right way? : LEFTHANDED

15-across – Heart perhaps what will stop you playing any more : REDCARD

17-across – Where choice food is brought back for pet to eat,all in a heap : PILEDUP

19-across – Make for senior teacher for such a direct confrontation : HEADTOHEAD

22-across – A most reduced state : AVER

23-across – Working dog,one with a cold perhaps : SNIFFER

24-across – There’s the problem: I’ve lost all patience : THATSIT

26-across – An order from duke: cut off Yorick’s extremities : DORIC

27-across – From summit,all one can do is make concessions : CLIMBDOWN

1-down – Fell off boat in Devonshire : WENTOVERTHESIDE

2-down – Older,but dreadfully worried : TROUBLED

3-down – Observe Ramadan ahead of time? : FAST

4-down – Aggressive lad had Nikes for running about : SKINHEAD

5-down – Notice gravy needs time to regulate : ADJUST

6-down – What good fielder should do,covering every eventuality : CATCHALL

7-down – Offer to retain information for part of engine : BIGEND

8-down – No letter is ever printed in this : JOINEDUPWRITING

16-down – Greasy spoon turned up in cooked tart,one hand-made : ARTEFACT

17-down – Into the ground put a popular tropical crop : PLANTAIN

18-down – Conflict died,I dream : DIVISION

20-down – Area to change,incorporating one large cage : AVIARY

21-down – Getting changed a chore for old poet : HORACE

25-down – A popular group,whichever way you look at it : ABBA