| Clues across |
| 1 | Dear Sir – seen here in confusion, these are invaders (7) |
| 5 | Mantra intoned in America about nothing is portending evil (7) |
| 9 | Lentil, say, for heart-throb? (5) |
| 10 | Wizard who orders a shower (4-5) |
| 11 | Danger! Light’s broken in this type of corner (5-6) |
| 12 | Dull finish for floor covering (3) |
| 13 | Bind oar loosely within the hull (7) |
| 15 | Bash tin about to get at drink (7) |
| 17 | Shelter returning fish (3) |
| 18 | Too much food supplied, and take too many drugs to suppress raging fever (7) |
| 19 | Your old rod holds one gland (7) |
| 20 | Dog restrained in truck (3) |
| 22 | Crash contrivance? Not right for this dispenser! (4,7) |
| 26 | It makes things go smoothly in crazy Baltic run (9) |
| 27 | Alternative holds the one which isn’t this one (5) |
| 28 | It means the same, but it doesn’t sound like it (7) |
| 29 | Root of left-wing politics? (7) |