1-across – Bread Irish pub rejected in place of buns? : BARABRITH

6-across – No longer green, somewhat blue? : RIPE

8-across – Order prohibited at the last minute : TABULATE

9-across – Streaks about to happen for artist : RUBENS

10-across – Three-quarters of men making some fast moves? : CHACHA

11-across – Duty to protect or deliver from evil? : EXORCISE

12-across – Big name almost sure to avoid relegation : STAYUP

15-across – Arrest in Australian newspaper written about, seedy American thing : GARBANZO

16-across – Cover featuring stunner, smeared : LIBELLED

19-across – Fears, Caribbean style? : DREADS

21-across – Children’s book in minor novel : THEIDIOT

22-across – Somewhere in Brighton where I sunbathed audaciously, catching cold : NUDIST

24-across – Country — one hosting race at its centre : MONACO

25-across – Not entirely equipped to host opera that’s unusual : ABNORMAL

26-across – Subject of selfie repeatedly in shared image : MEME

27-across – US comedienne possibly not scratching old bottom : FUNDAMENT

1-down – See 22 across : BEACH

2-down – Hot meal without starter in fish : RAUNCHY

3-down – Crow going over a Portuguese city : BRAGA

4-down – Hazard floating in crosses initially, winger ascendant : ICEBERG

5-down – Held man had to cover up something shady : HARBOURED

6-down – Book on old server, reportedly? : REBECCA

7-down – Wee, around 568ml? : PINTSIZED

13-down – Body part malodorous, black in colour : THIGHBONE

14-down – Succeed in pronouncing fanciful name of Russian hen? : PULLITOFF

17-down – Dubai, say — Uncle Sam finally losing it : EMIRATE

18-down – Rat den I set alight : DETRAIN

20-down – Back ’urdler, say, champion : ENDORSE

22-down – Norse goddess UN leader once exalted : NANNA

23-down – Small handle for beam : SHAFT

7-across – Title and fanciful content of melodrama : EARLDOM

8-across – Is overprotective of female goats : NANNIES

9-across – Tough hour in tower : THUG

10-across – Bushes begin to grow, surprising ladies : BUDDLEIAS

12-across – Drove Sir Michael to leave the navy : HORDE

13-across – Booze consumed by trainspotter amazes revolutionary : AMARETTO

15-across – Bit of foot, including front of heel : INCH

16-across – One excluded from farewell kiss shared by couple : ADEUX

17-across – Character on staff almost split : CLEF

18-across – Butcher turns to a vegetarian option : NUTROAST

20-across – What Thatcher might use to pursue grand, selfish desire : GREED

21-across – Wind-powered vehicle of large boy with 8 for 4 : LANDYACHT

22-across – Newspaper guy dictated material : IKAT

24-across – Solve third of clues with northern barman : UNRAVEL

25-across – Thoroughgoing Democrat interrupts useless husband : INDEPTH

1-down – Women’s silvery grey tint : WASH

2-down – Log chair carved for Russian billionaire? : OLIGARCH

3-down – Lenin spent this time eluding trial : ROUBLE

4-down – Socialist and singer swapping tips on records, we hear : KARLMARX

5-down – Leaves sleazy bar, chasing topless males : ENDIVE

6-down – Half of acer turning copper, scarlet and vermilion? : REDS

11-down – Face and body of Juncker twitch in debate : DIALECTIC

12-down – She’s forbidden to eat cow, deer and sheep, reportedly : HINDU

14-down – Tendency of Todd to shed occasional tear : TREND

16-down – One breaking down badly yearns to hug boy : ANALYSER

17-down – Lines of retired setters sign up 50 to support Cuba : CLERIHEW

19-down – Books into substantial holiday home, perhaps : RENTAL

20-down – Gypsy giving it another squeeze : GITANO

21-down – Escorted round Nemo’s first sub : LEND

23-down – Ignoring the odds, hasn’t then bet : ANTE

1-across – Empty nest and no memories — bad time for OAP? : SENIOR

4-across – See 1 : MOMENT

9-across – As part of time-sharing, taking turn in house : SEMI

10-across – Horrify a mate, forgetting name for mountain area : APPALACHIA

11-across – Pensioner cycling by checkpoint made from shoddy material : CHEAPO

12-across – Out of power, allowed to be smutty? : EXPLICIT

13-across – Rest of Italian team’s smutty, reportedly : INTERLUDE

15-across – Tory wearing light blue : RACY

16-across – A Christian GP, say, covering 10 : DIOR

17-across – Remote possibility of bad luck : OFFCHANCE

21-across – One performing unprepared, left holding a hole-boring tool? On the contrary : ADLIBBER

22-across – Definitely happening — keep waiting to be connected : ONHOLD

24-across – Abundance of fast sex between dessert and coffee, ultimately : PLENTITUDE

25-across – Sign new back for present season : NOEL

26-across – Photographic chemical uncovering magic : SILVER

27-across – See 26 : IODIDE

1-down – Joyce’s alter ego, in phase with male name : STEPHEN

2-down – Writing up article about show in African capital : NAIRA

3-down – Having prolonged good luck, film here once? : ONAROLL

5-down – Kiss one of two kissers wearing very large bloomers : OXLIPS

6-down – Woman with adopted youngster eating a Mexican dish : ENCHILADA

7-down – Reticently, I log off site that’s educational : TRINITY

8-down – Fantastically fine and super, so extremely delightful? : SPLENDIFEROUS

14-down – Moving in Puck’s direction, turned up on island, then left : EMOTIONAL

16-down – See 1 : DEDALUS

18-down – On the point of cupboard love : CLOSETO

19-down – See 7 : COLLEGE

20-down – Make former pupil tell story about the origin of greed : OBLIGE

23-down – Language coming from noisy party after stripper’s act : HINDI

5-across – Red ring, one covered by pole : MAOIST

6-across – Little one in big boxes close to dustbin : INFANT

9-across – Take on a problem in extremes of solitude : ASSUME

10-across – Angels beginning to belch amid much ire, unfortunately : CHERUBIM

11-across – Time that flies? : BIRD

12-across – Marley had these situations hard to break, miser ultimately involved : DREADLOCKS

13-across – Someone permanently into his work, good he likes to party : GRAVEDIGGER

18-across – High — evidently drunk? : STAGGERING

21-across – Hear red fly : SOAR

22-across – Cut food into strips, right in the middle of summer? : JULIENNE

23-across – Porter’s observation after self-diagnosing ringworm? : IVEGOT

24-across – Flashy fishy? : GARISH

25-across – Red setter, line in rust : MERLOT

1-down – See 23 : YOUUNDER

2-down – Scale a scale, short of the bitter end : ASCEND

3-down – Outsider in high dudgeon — that’s about right : UNDERDOG

4-down – Castaway not entirely possessing a great singing voice : CARUSO

5-down – See 23 : MYSKIN

7-down – Sensitive skin of tiger, unpleasant : TRICKY

8-down – Turner’s tipple? : SCREWDRIVER

14-down – 7 in 7, everything originally from a European city : VIENNESE

15-down – Circling bloom, see wind : EASTERLY

16-down – As a fiddle is so troublesome initially, one of several steps taken? : STRUNG

17-down – One on top of an elephant, pig climbing off : MAHOUT

19-down – Thyroid problem — it’s in the blood : GOITRE

20-down – Money for the state : GUINEA

1-across – Finish fences with power dropping on grass : COWPAT

4-across – Horses run cutting legs : STAGERS

9-across – Primarily Best Mate wins only finest cups? : BONECHINA

10-across – Trotter not in state that’s conscious : AWARE

11-across – Records backing second horses here? : EPSOM

12-across – What might make jumper fast? Horse chases pack : PRESSSTUD

13-across – Drink as school term’s over : SCHNAPS

15-across – Last try to see racing : YESTER

17-across – Queen following horse that’s older? : GREYER

19-across – Covering racing ground, initially going inside old Bob Champion : SURFACE

22-across – Farm labourer to pass all the runners first : FIELDHAND

24-across – Horse at the front in good position : NICHE

26-across – Contact English bloke by phone : EMAIL

27-across – Makes use of false start to race with Esha Ness : HARNESSES

28-across – Daughter married and carried on : DALLIED

29-across – Advanced training, driver reversing out  : ASLEEP

1-down – Broadcasting woes: BBC showing signs of neglect  : COBWEBS

2-down – Women wearing dresses with middle cut out to show curves : WINDS

3-down – Jockey AP McCoy with an escort : ACCOMPANY

4-down – Grand National tip from last year : STATELY

5-down – Race horses : ARABS

6-down – Rash man murdered with the axe : EXANTHEMA

7-down – Stayed around stable : STEADY

8-down – Large animals in soft conditions finally getting round circuit : HIPPOS

14-down – Plant in earth: soil turned over : HORSETAIL

16-down – Second they run off, they go fast : SPRINTERS

18-down – Got hold of wine bottles individually : REACHED

19-down – European wearing fancy dress for ceremonial dinners : SEDERS

20-down – Settles the night before partners get excited : EVENSUP

21-down – Away result hurt : OFFEND

23-down – City to trade? Not a good morning : DELHI

25-down – Rank form close to race : CASTE