8-across – I see you getting cooler having rolled over tongue : GUJARATI

9-across – Mendicant male snared? : TRAMP

10-across – Sweet slice ending on plate : CUTE

11-across – Forced out leader in removal from office : DEFROCKING

12-across – Land inspiring orchestra leader once : WILSON

14-across – Rock 2s get hard, each initially intact : TOGETHER

15-across – Area gets TV? : AGAINST

17-across – Spring baby nuzzled by a black horse : ARABIAN

20-across – Capital city is sometimes right, twinned with capital in Argentina : CANBERRA

22-across – Extreme right flees English city at great speed : PRESTO

23-across – Sweet thing, 2 filled with syrup: has to be consumed : BROWNSUGAR

24-across – Confront impudence : FACE

25-across – European champions and Marseille, both ultimately holding United : SWEDE

26-across – Ancient Greek lines came first in grid-like patterns : LATTICED

1-down – Announcer’s prompting British obsession? : QUEUEING

2-down – Fancy shuffling of top two cards? : CAKE

3-down – A way layer 2s set : HARDEN

4-down – Netting in good shape, fail to catch odd fish : MISFITS

5-down – Better recognition finally in canonised Federer? : STRONGER

6-down – Attracting shoppers, take turns cutting 2 : MARKETABLE

7-down – One’s invariably worse than tipsy 2 : SPONGE

13-down – Cricketer: how to get answer from S. Warne? : SPINBOWLER

16-down – Insisted sweet confections served like one kind of 2? : STRESSED

18-down – Rock 2 and tart – one of those is offensive : ATTACKER

19-down – Fruit 2 compared with eats : TANGELO

21-down – A burden throughout : ACROSS

22-down – 18, one breaking jaw : PIRATE

24-down – Light 2 cut : FAIR

7-across – Negotiations’ outcomes finishing early – order staff to get to work : TRADEOFFS

8-across – Exams proposal : APPAL

9-across – Viewpoint I rule on gets strong support : ANGLEIRON

10-across – Employed, late starting, sacked after an hour : HIRED

12-across – Rest feet, twice beginning to drop off – here? : SETTEE

13-across – ‘Goodbye to love’ looked bad without Karen up front : TOODLEOO

14-across – Outrageous ribaldry department’s banned – here? : LIBRARY

17-across – Note missing cash once next to tense shopkeeper : FLORIST

20-across – Near the end, ignored tricky clue – but this one transports you : TRICYCLE

22-across – Arcane setter’s given criticism – back off! : MYSTIC

24-across – Temporary accommodation? I try and look inside : IGLOO

25-across – Estate manager in foul mood after retreating force meets soldiers : MAJORDOMO

26-across – Layer up fire, taking time : STACK

27-across – Last offer? I’m in a tumult, dithering : ULTIMATUM

1-down – At number 1, that rogue Astley’s now crooning extremely repetitive music : TRANCE

2-down – Lover : IDOLATER

3-down – Intimation former Reform leader’s not welcome? : NOTICE

4-down – Examples might include your yashmak and yellow underwear : YFRONTS

5-down – Ascending Ullock Pike’s hard initially; less laborious at the top : UPHILL

6-down – Nervous animal, initially shivering, needing a good meal : RAVENOUS

11-down – Drum, drum constantly : ROLL

15-down – Hose down Irish ship once fighter plane departs : IRRIGATE

16-down – Uncomfortably turn 26 : RICK

18-down – Remaining on, one participates in uplifting church service : RESIDUAL

19-down – Troubles dogging Incy Wincy’s work : BEWAILS

21-down – Yorkshire’s number 3, in 12, makes duck : CROUCH

22-down – Ocular disorder needs some dreamy opiates : MYOPIA

23-down – Uncertainly: ‘Am I on motor vehicle or foot?’ : IAMBUS

9-across – Liberal cuts waste given Guardian’s opulence : SPLENDOUR

10-across – Flyer getting each leg broken : EAGLE

11-across – More moderate leader sacrificed at hanging frame : AIRER

12-across – Member determined to become rider : ARMSTRONG

13-across – President that might reportedly spin knowledge delivered at first : KENNEDY

14-across – Actor reveals depression with no English in her part : COLLINS

17-across – Initial stage as little dogs maybe jumped up : SMALL

19-across – Main transporter reverses supplying another one : BUS

20-across – Monster effort as two soldiers overtake European inside : GIANT

21-across – Boxed fish found within the fronts of some empty drawers : SPARRED

22-across – Idiot given at the beginning spring or winter ticket : SKIPASS

24-across – City sculpture perhaps bears examination causing delayed opening : LATESTART

26-across – Good N. African returns for curry : GROOM

28-across – Retired Israeli gambles, keeps in good condition : AGILE

29-across – Left stupid fool to go around one office : PORTFOLIO

1-down – Landmass is like one beside America : ASIA

2-down – Hospital Dr : ALDRIN

3-down – Swimmer is noisy sleeper welcoming kip at arm’s length : SNORKELLER

4-down – Spinning Tory broadcast about Arab : ROTARY

5-down – Forbidding stars to show sneers : GRIMACES

6-down – Run and hide : PELT

7-down – Gonna aim to reproduce Roman nicknames : AGNOMINA

8-down – Calf born beside work unit : BERG

13-down – Brush around front of the ancient coffins : KISTS

15-down – Finishing work to produce long gig? : LOGGINGOFF

16-down – State names for plots : SITES

18-down – A vampire is one to go berserk, turning up for a place to kill : ABATTOIR

19-down – They throw light on retiring couples : BEDLAMPS

22-down – Space traveller is class act, not the first time ignoring principal head of research : SATURN

23-down – God’s around protecting count : APOLLO

24-down – See 20 Across : LEAP

25-down – See 17 Across : STEP

27-down – Show seat that’s low number : MOON

9-across – Issue with American greeting gunshot : YOUNG

10-across – Writer sent over drink with fruit, touring Australia : EMILEZOLA

11-across – See 26 Down : OFSHALOTT

12-across – Single 13 down appeared : AROSE

13-across – Group of 13 downs fit around that in Versailles : BOUQUET

15-across – Stars quietly dated 13 down in literature : LEOPOLD

17-across – Showed delight with rings – what about diamonds? : OOHED

18-across – Whistleblower engineers lead for Feds : REF

20-across – Confession of compiler stealing large key : ISLET

22-across – Ex-president’s male horse going west in country : MUBARAK

25-across – 13 down in film resort in America : ORLANDO

26-across – Woman ate nothing after husband’s cut back : LINDA

27-across – Made rustic wine cases one included in range : RURALISED

30-across – Tailor doesn’t lie, making cuts : DELETIONS

31-across – Feebler French song : LAMER

1-down – 13 downer from writer in pretty poem : TYPO

2-down – Ex-president drinking bad rum’s swift dismissal : BUMSRUSH

3-down – Moguls’ capital: £1000 in banks in another area : AGRA

4-down – On booze, one seeks good story : REPORTER

5-down – Bit of a 13 down from drunk – drink up! : PISTIL

6-down – Rationales for reform of politicians : SENATORIAL

7-down – Ape rock singer with personal problem : BONOBO

8-down – Make a 13 downer, say, in Black Sea, oddly : BAKE

13-down – Maybe Violet’s low weight rising : BLOOM

14-down – Foreign articles: long and small 13 downers? : UNDERPANTS

16-down – Repeat this brief song on love : DITTO

19-down – Ground grain roughly for 13 down : FLOURISH

21-down – Solo melodeon’s playing without middle note : LONESOME

23-down – Make a 13 downer with instrument, holding note : BUNGLE

24-down – Big hit includes funny rap verse, getting Russian ace on board : KARPOV

26-down – She saw the water-28 13 down totally, with dash of rum : LADY

28-down – Doctor leaves Mrs 15 13 down holding one 13 down : LILY

29-down – 13 downing sewers may do so : DARN

1-across – It’s up to a drinker to reform: it takes its toll : TURNPIKEROAD

9-across – Sport and business qualification, a Caribbean speciality : RUMBA

10-across – Imogen’s in hospital clinic twice after initially sick feeling : SENTIMENT

11-across – Conflict involving Royal Mail since mid-century? : POSTWAR

12-across – Dummy is very different : SOOTHER

13-across – Train weapon on path to garage and get shot : COVERDRIVE

15-across – Cross yard, having had dinner, to go back : DEFY

18-across – Issue drinks, perhaps not very dry : SERE

19-across – Seaside walks involving sand, please : ESPLANADES

22-across – In social gathering no female affected charm : UNCTION

24-across – One digs the best guitar : PICKAXE

25-across – Food, wages, and a small retainer : GRUBSCREW

26-across – Flock following duck, back in the day : OFOLD

27-across – Shredder in capital office building : CHEESEGRATER

1-down – Priest-like, put out having to back speedier process : TIMESAVER

2-down – About right to give another prize back : REARWARD

3-down – One with attitude is a problem : POSER

4-down – Republican slogan getting a touch of improvement : KINGSEVIL

5-down – Animals said to have a twisted proboscis? : RHINOS

6-down – Before Beth, this drink at pub : ALEPH

7-down – Run in to film imaginary line : TROPIC

8-down – Pilots finally wait for such a clear sky : STARRY

14-down – Buries urn sadly in city park : RUSINURBE

16-down – Overdue an unravelling of struggle : ENDEAVOUR

17-down – Quickly produce one outstandingly attractive : KNOCKOUT

18-down – Using spades, clear out some euphorbia : SPURGE

20-down – Was relieved to get through second round in a bit of a dash : SPEEDO

21-down – It must be Susan’s series of lies : TISSUE

23-down – Crowd caught by sudden surge : CRUSH

24-down – Strong position of very minor debtor? : POWER