1-across – Setter’s right out of sweetener for drink : IMBIBE

4-across – Stole back to cover a quarrel : FRACAS

9-across – Green with envy welcoming press people of stature at match : ENVIRONMENTALLY

10-across – Say nothing : OBJECT

11-across – Within that location round Maidenhead you’ll find an instrument : THEREMIN

12-across – Danger across the Channel, I send up love first : JEOPARDY

14-across – See 23 : SHOWER

15-across – Wrap organs for transplantation : SARONG

18-across – A plea for help to secure finest material : ASBESTOS

21-across – See 9 : FRIENDLY

22-across – Butchers grill Aberdeen cattle topsides and rumps : GLANCE

24-across – A sweet complexion : PEACHESANDCREAM

25-across – Lead up the garden path in Giverny of 8, so to speak : DELUDE

26-across – Prepared to ride topless in a confused state : ADDLED

1-down – For a start, noblesse oblige is violated and that’s disgraceful : IGNOBLE

2-down – Barks heard and almost felt : BAIZE

3-down – I don’t approve of this rest treatment as a provider of energy : BOOSTER

5-down – They are found in the belfry, same as dead : RINGERS

6-down – Blokes take a long time gathering right gooseberries : CHAPERONS

7-down – A bit postmenopausal, tired and cross : SALTIRE

8-down – Sexy dog as a substitute for old lover? That’s obscene : SMUTTY

13-down – Frenchman’s confirmed short visit : PROVENCAL

16-down – Dimwit hairy chef made to strip : AIRHEAD

17-down – Real blessing for D? : GODSEND

18-down – Regardless of 5th Avenue? : ANYWAY

19-down – Father under secure hospital in the city : BAGHDAD

20-down – Source of fruit or veg : ORCHARD

23-down – How reprisal affected Mayflower’s precursor? : APRIL

5-across – All over the place, miss catching ball that’s gone up : GLOBAL

6-across – Fast pace cut, time cut back : GALLOP

9-across – Asians in a queue, say, captivated by bit of a looker : IRAQIS

10-across – Old couple in the family way rejected, might these take some heat off? : COOLANTS

11-across – Fairy caught by vampire, pixie in retreat : PERI

12-across – Flatulence offensive, put a knot in it! : WINDSORTIE

13-across – Kindling after log can catch fire : CONFLAGRATE

18-across – Covering article inoffensive? : INSULATING

21-across – Pants one regards where bloomers on display : ROSE

22-across – Wrong part of house noted well enough? : SINGABLE

23-across – Caught, famous Smith and Wesson finally turned over : NAILED

24-across – Missile sees helmsman in river shortly reversing : EXOCET

25-across – Inspector Lynley’s first scrap : MORSEL

1-down – Buzzer in tiny temple arguably for announcement? : MOSQUITO

2-down – Capital, sharp tool used in action? : WARSAW

3-down – Drunken reveller, driver stopped by officer originally : CAROUSER

4-down – Star key, look : ALTAIR

5-down – See 21 : GARDEN

7-down – Common talk a steamy thing on Love Island : PATOIS

8-down – Look at artist’s uncovered bed, shocked : SCANDALISED

14-down – Farm animal tucking into prov­ender served in a flash? : FLAMBEED

15-down – Furthest behind, I started to crack up : TARDIEST

16-down – Prompt perceptible to the audience? : INCITE

17-down – A heaving of water on top : ASWELL

19-down – Encourage operator to doff cap : URGEON

20-down – Free horseboxes for animal involved in a blood sport : GUNDOG

8-across – Spells musical passages : EPISODES

9-across – Doc possibly moves forward, or quits : DWARF

10-across – See 26 down : ARMY

11-across – US hospital situation popular with birds getting cool : INTERNSHIP

12-across – Promising Latin opener with Kylie dancing : LIKELY

14-across – Breakfast time? : PORRIDGE

16-across – Copper intercepts drunk messenger : MERCURY

18-across – As egg-producers do, in anticipation of a union : OVULATE

21-across – Poor idea, roping in animals as a religious figure : AGNUSDEI

23-across – Revolution takes place in arena : RISING

24-across – 1960s’ youth, one linked with ailing creative artist : MODIGLIANI

26-across – Soggy embankment parking : DAMP

27-across – Book to register cash : BREAD

28-across – In awe of despotic leader at southern English town : DREADING

1-down – Assess smartphone feature and set up : APPRAISE

2-down – Watch : ESPY

3-down – Untwinned large town abandoning its leader’s case : ODDITY

4-down – Something at the atomic level breathes oxygen over shark : ISOTOPE

5-down – Lines start to reflect river : ODER

6-down – Anglicised French port’s state, for example, broadcast : MARSEILLES

7-down – Removing without date in the near future : OFFING

13-down – Scoops old sluices out to gain victory : EXCLUSIVES

15-down – Pretty upset, losing top from yellow cycle : REV

17-down – A light that’s often put in pocket : RED

19-down – Flat has view over people : TENEMENT

20-down – Country besieged by mad, reckless Shakespearean character : MIRANDA

22-down – $1,000 campaign is thick and soft! : GLOBBY

23-down – Bankrupt, one enters under review : RUINED

25-down – Convenience that is lacking for workmates : LADS

26-down – Pop music’s centre host presenting a classic series : DADS

1-across – French writer reversing endless nonsense on theology : SARTRE

4-across – Bricks exist to stop possible splashback? : ADOBES

9-across – See 15 : EYED

10-across – Polish sign features in books : GLOSSARIES

11-across – Local love in action, how alluring you are! : PHWOAR

12-across – Current times in pieces one’s read : NEWSITEM

13-across – Character upright, as client awfully stiff : INELASTIC

15-across – Looking troubled, like Mississippi, might you say? : FOUR

16-across – Denounce grand sporting feat : SLAM

17-across – Rig out sweetheart with very old dresses, getting upset : AGGRIEVED

21-across – Person setting light rocks around a very heavy rock : MEGALITH

22-across – A boring cocktail? : GIMLET

24-across – After tramp, father separated to find second mother, say? : STEPPARENT

25-across – Nature observes possible sign-off? : KIND

26-across – Old player finding minimum of peace in dove … : COOPER

27-across – … as dog circling tree caught by artist : BARREL

1-down – Witnessed female drinking last of Chardonnay — how much? : SAYWHEN

2-down – See 20 : RADIO

3-down – See 25 : REGARDS

5-down – Reject is punching floor : DISOWN

6-down – Cradling baby initially, voice calmer : BARBITONE

7-down – Huge female goddess inhabiting tiny island, briefly : SHEBEAR

8-down – Bedtime exercise making a difference on submissive types : COUNTINGSHEEP

14-down – Dog has head on armchair in comfortable place like that : LHASAAPSO

16-down – Poisoned cups clean originally, I doubt : SCEPTIC

18-down – Sports event, on gun this always starts : REGATTA

19-down – Constant lack of leadership in one winger tackling another : ETERNAL

20-down – Taken off air twice, opted for clandestine transmitter : PIRATE

23-down – See 27 : MAKER

1-across – Social climber: posh, I forgot to say, and caustic : UPSTART

5-across – V range isn’t varied : AGAINST

10-across – Something sharp, chilled starter fed to vegetarian? : MEAT

11-across – Old people in love, I gathered, something in it for a performer? : VIOLINCASE

12-across – Doctor eating a dish that sounds moreish? : TAGINE

13-across – Change poles in reversal of Whistler painting : TRANSFER

14-across – Not natural, headless youth I see on horseback? : INORGANIC

16-across – Brief second coffee : LATTE

17-across – Utilise drag to play — this? : SLIDE

19-across – Surrounded by ladies, rowing team steps up : HEIGHTENS

23-across – Hurried, having to walk, perhaps, round capital in Estonia : CARELESS

24-across – Suddenly nothing is beyond Bangladesh’s opener in match : SUBITO

26-across – Climber glaring, appearing quite sour : VINEGARISH

27-across – Cerebral part lost on British electorate originally : LOBE

28-across – Fast train’s ending somewhere in Lancashire : PRESTON

29-across – See 10 : CLEAVER

2-down – Very early man, bloody cuts : PREDAWN

3-down – African in classicist, utterly upstanding : TUTSI

4-down – One contest in road race always starts in resort area : RIVIERA

6-down – See 17 : GUITAR

7-down – Trendy twit rolling in money, never stopping : INCESSANT

8-down – Special marketing feature in cult, dubious : SUSPECT

9-down – Large vessel, or this pinnace at sea : CONTAINERSHIP

15-down – Paras brazen initially in beating up of deserter : REDBERETS

18-down – More green, apple finally borne by tree below meadow : LEAFIER

20-down – Fuel very hot, cooler outside : GASOHOL

21-down – Celebrity so listless? : NOTABLE

22-down – Try to catch lift that’s not closed — it will disappear at a lick! : GELATO

25-down – Wood — a large part being uprooted : BALSA