Across
1
Woodwork that Tennyson finally expected to do (8)
6
Shrivel, bringing tail well forward to coil (6)
9
In a daze, replaces nothing right? (6)
10
Raised V-sign as greeting? (4,4)
11
Conference perhaps in shade to change leader of attack (9)
13
Slow down as short pause announced (5)
15
Stupid old bat doesn’t have a purpose (6)
17
See a list with nothing in it (6)
18
Under the influence no leader is strong (6)
19
Trunk internally dry, water may be here? (6)
21
Hot island … and another … and half of another (5)
22
I approve hotel ad (2,2,5)
25
Listens, as composer gets into harness (5,3)
26
Oil company executive’s ending in cell (6)
28
Nervous, especially if one has vertigo? (2,4)
29
One shuts up gun and reclines to relax (8)
Down
2
Become weak from endless repetition (3)
3
Pigment, one chimps perhaps gather up (5)
4
Having less on round the trunk in novel location (10)
5
What to put in the back? Try again (6)
6
Amusing people, other halves (4)
7
Six-footer playing well, he tells me (9)
8
Drop litter and show anxiety (4,7)
12
Incorporate mistakes in starting off a new generation (11)
14
Fitting substitute comes across a little short (10)
16
Drunken schoolmaster seen in the front row (5,4)
20
Wreckage as bride’s partying (6)
23
Pope’s headgear, not the topper (5)
24
Just the sea at Calais, close to Dieppe (4)
27
Believe guards aren’t honest (3)