1-across – Weather movement forced cloud up north with reduction in temperature : OCCLUDEDFRONT

9-across – A fair few,but no miles at all : ANY

10-across – Planter involved with 10cc guitarist : ERICCLAPTON

12-across – React nervously when receiving specific tube : CATHETER

13-across – Arthur’s nephew,first in Winchester,taking a cut in profit : GAWAIN

16-across – Special constable in unwanted entrance has look around selection in patisserie : ECCLESCAKE

18-across – Mercury coating blade : FOIL

20-across – Double headed once : FOLD

21-across – In salute of magician abroad,keeping cool on vacation : ACCLAIMING

23-across – On retirement along Riviera,je veux un oiseau local : EVEJAR

24-across – Top surfaces of sponges intermittently with pepper : CAPSICUM

27-across – US actor reportedly understood the attraction of Lord’s membership? : DOUGMCCLURE

29-across – Hold individual to confess : OWN

30-across – Author,high flier,sticks right through reworking of Chaucer : ARTHURCCLARKE

2-down – Perhaps this blurred,incomplete picture contributes sporadically to cycle : CRYPTICCLUE

3-down – Subjects like English will expand threshold : LIEGEMEN

4-down – Road one’s GP is coming over : DRIVE

5-down – Avoid a failure to trouble the scorers : DUCK

6-down – Is avoiding anger over actor becoming politician : REAGAN

7-down – Clear catch : NET

8-down – Wrongly claimed to possess square in key French market town : MACCLESFIELD

11-down – Political neutrality soon upset idle soldiers in Northern Territory : NONALIGNMENT

14-down – Mike plugs in ‘ABC’ to jam timer : ATOMICCLOCK

15-down – Local to drink toasts: bottoms up! : SKOL

17-down – Chanel business merger? : COCO

19-down – Gap in Features reported from the floor team’s sorted : DIASTEMA

22-down – Nightstick,say,for one getting in with heat : WARMTH

25-down – Individual who finds classes challenging not completely hooked : ADUNC

26-down – He makes a hole in one tree : ACER

28-down – Regiment once the focus of docudrama : UDR

9-across – Frenchman returning to win noble battle : ENCOUNTER

10-across – Prince enthusiastic about piebald horse : PINTO

11-across – Last bits of hard jigsaw were all that remained : DWELT

12-across – Jellyfish nuisance on vacation in Pacific coastal city : SEANETTLE

13-across – Pop trio bored by top restaurants : BISTROS

14-across – Some feel it is terribly snobbish : ELITIST

17-across – Cold relief contains illegal drug ultimately : ALGID

19-across – Wife is occasionally morose : MRS

20-across – Georgia inspired by God? Quite the opposite : PAGAN

21-across – Dog pen that is back to front : SHARPEI

22-across – Acerbic Rolling Stone : BRECCIA

24-across – Piece of extra beef focaccia on the counter in small restaurant : COFFEEBAR

26-across – Drugs for cycling in shed : SPILL

28-across – Dreaded one American despot making a comeback : RASTA

29-across – Jealous Othello described as one retiring in relaxing space : GREENROOM

1-down – Teacher in NUT : HEAD

2-down – Approach chartered accountant about tax from previous years : ACCESS

3-down – Fat journalist happy to get soft-soaped : BUTTEREDUP

4-down – Secret police beginning to schedule arrest : STASIS

5-down – Track surrounded by mountains gets wider : BROADENS

6-down – Student going missing in fall recess : APSE

7-down – Loose nuts ordered on telephone : UNSTRING

8-down – European terminal : POLE

13-down – Live photo briefly raised pulses : BEANS

15-down – Brockwell is urgent bowling over : IMPRESSING

16-down – Country cousin at last wearing outer garment : TONGA

18-down – German with time to cut idiotic mullet for Springsteen : GOATFISH

19-down – 27 altered trousers for postholders? : MAILBAGS

22-down – Regularly fried food served up in sandwich : BURGER

23-down – Mate losing a bone making strides : CHINOS

24-down – Dog with Dutch cheese … : CURD

25-down – … forced to regurgitate? : EDAM

27-down – Unconfined orgasm in the city : LIMA

1-across – Medic impersonator’s material supplier : DRAPER

5-across – Drink breaks announced by drunk : SCHNAPPS

9-across – After failing,finished top? : SLIPOVER

10-across – Manifest anger from barred dental centre? : REDDEN

11-across – State inhabitant responsible for rock band slur : QUEENSLANDER

13-across – Duck mass : SMEE

14-across – Doctor,I had that thing on my rear causing stiffness : RIGIDITY

17-across – Reduce support for a prom dress style? : BACKLESS

18-across – See 2 Down : PLAY

20-across – Crossword setter’s notes for ice sport equipment : CURLINGSTONE

23-across – <span>Pan author’s ‘never-ending’ </span><i>Obstruction</i> : BARRIE

24-across – A way to imprison Herb in the vaults? : ARCHIVED

25-across – March around,right in front of one-time politician : DEMOCRAT

26-across – Popular Nicaraguan housing application : ARNICA

2-down – Really upset with small operation,act quite unlike yourself? : ROLE

3-down – Speak up tentatively about independence and,later,question upstart : PIPSQUEAK

4-down – Minister,one initially engaged with survey : REVIEW

5-down – Like nylon,not susceptible to analysis? : SHRINKRESISTANT

6-down – Unfurl Old Glory! House leads in clock-making art! : HOROLOGY

7-down – One’s about due to turn poet : AUDEN

8-down – 25th December,as of now? : PRESENTDAY

12-down – Like Mary’s email – cut off after state’s intervention? : IMMACULATE

15-down – Exhaustion when Canadian singer covers old recording,meeting obstruction : DEPLETION

16-down – Animal’s fall costly,it’s said : REINDEER

19-down – Crack cocaine concealed in woolly hat – you’re nicked! : GOTCHA

21-down – Movement of considerable oxygen to replace energy : LARGO

22-down – Car dealer,not hospital worker : MERC

1-across – Medic impersonator’s material supplier : DRAPER

5-across – Drink breaks announced by drunk : SCHNAPPS

9-across – After failing,finished top? : SLIPOVER

10-across – Manifest anger from barred dental centre? : REDDEN

11-across – State inhabitant responsible for rock band slur : QUEENSLANDER

13-across – Duck mass : SMEE

14-across – Doctor,I had that thing on my rear causing stiffness : RIGIDITY

17-across – Reduce support for a prom dress style? : BACKLESS

18-across – See 2 Down : PLAY

20-across – Crossword setter’s notes for ice sport equipment : CURLINGSTONE

23-across – <span>Pan author’s ‘never-ending’ </span><i>Obstruction</i> : BARRIE

24-across – A way to imprison Herb in the vaults? : ARCHIVED

25-across – March around,right in front of one-time politician : DEMOCRAT

26-across – Popular Nicaraguan housing application : ARNICA

2-down – Really upset with small operation,act quite unlike yourself? : ROLE

3-down – Speak up tentatively about independence and,later,question upstart : PIPSQUEAK

4-down – Minister,one initially engaged with survey : REVIEW

5-down – Like nylon,not susceptible to analysis? : SHRINKRESISTANT

6-down – Unfurl Old Glory! House leads in clock-making art! : HOROLOGY

7-down – One’s about due to turn poet : AUDEN

8-down – 25th December,as of now? : PRESENTDAY

12-down – Like Mary’s email – cut off after state’s intervention? : IMMACULATE

15-down – Exhaustion when Canadian singer covers old recording,meeting obstruction : DEPLETION

16-down – Animal’s fall costly,it’s said : REINDEER

19-down – Crack cocaine concealed in woolly hat – you’re nicked! : GOTCHA

21-down – Movement of considerable oxygen to replace energy : LARGO

22-down – Car dealer,not hospital worker : MERC

8-across – Agreed rent for rotating deck : ORNAMENT

9-across – Ringmaster accepts vocal contributions from Simon Mayo : AIOLI

10-across – Make listener listen,eventually? : EARN

11-across – The end for Amorim,United badly limited by a mixture of agencies : MULTIMEDIA

12-across – Position marker moving cover to cover point,finally : VECTOR

14-across – Sars,possibly – the same wide-ranging cases : EPIDEMIC

15-across – Still time to feed monkey one : ATPEACE

17-across – Attend cop-shop about clearing nonconformist : BEATNIK

20-across – Spooner’s reported bad weather – this’ll take blows up front : HEADSAIL

22-across – Root offered money for services when procuring Ashes? : TURNIP

23-across – Consuming carbon,bacteria fit local habitats : ECOCLIMATE

24-across – Marquetry left on centre of business counter : BUHL

25-across – It’s a surprise to ’ear from ’Arry Eliot : EVANS

26-across – Who’s missing when closing book on extended New Testament? : ABSENTEE

1-down – Extremely civilised – second nature for new Assembly welcoming bishop : URBANEST

2-down – Edges away from crag by way of waterfall : RAIN

3-down – It may be ducked by person facing Scotty? : BEAMER

4-down – Where artist paints,to start with,eight landscapes in a row : ATELIER

5-down – So to translate entails involving Italy? : LATINISE

6-down – Landlady perhaps after squat,this communication’s from the heart : LOVELETTER

7-down – Endless pursuit of cyclist,one that’s seen at resort? : BIKINI

13-down – Inspector stuck at sea,it seems,suggesting justice : THEODICEAN

16-down – Picked up moving note from Aztec Empire’s head : CZARITSA

18-down – Man here one hears about,saving lives : IRISHSEA

19-down – <i>Good Beer Guide</i><span>? CAMRA nut excluding English independent</span> : ALMANAC

21-down – Avoid having key cut : ESCHEW

22-down – Bloodsucker is in Toulouse over and over again : TSETSE

24-down – From underneath,check Trump’s derrière : BUNS