| 9 | Make regular appearances, at last, in main role in performance (9) |
| 10 | U-boat at sea, not far away (5) |
| 11 | Strain on the back? (1-4) |
| 12 | Fats Domino’s debut covered by Metallica drummer (5) |
| 13 | Shooting a fish in a barrel (3) |
| 14 | Quietly take offence at gift (7) |
| 15 | Rabbit ears, perhaps, is a real deformity (7) |
| 17 | Fire blazing so hot (5) |
| 19 | Retiring from company and finally happy (3) |
| 20 | Crown actress and her role entrance (5) |
| 21 | Lost respect for staff (7) |
| 23 | Gym teachers’ joint pains? (7) |
| 25 | George’s anthem Taxman starts Revolver (3) |
| 26 | Body found in senator’s office (5) |
| 27 | Words or sentences? (5) |
| 29 | Cormorant starts to nest on Rhode Island estuary (5) |
| 30 | Bananas in pure red or green? (9) |
| 1 | Short and slight (4) |
| 2 | Mark makes tea for the audience (6) |
| 3 | Best man drunkenly pinching bride’s bottom in cellar (8) |
| 4 | Originally the gin and lime cocktail! (6) |
| 5 | This gains a little but loses nothing in four-year cycle (8) |
| 6 | Someone thinking about a rifle (6) |
| 7 | Close to two? Try a rum cocktail in place of a couple of cold ones (8) |
| 8 | Second-half score for shooter (4) |
| 14 | Saint goes back after initially plucking at strings for years, long ago (5) |
| 16 | Piercing also results in painful lesions (5) |
| 18 | Completely burn out from undisguised anger (8) |
| 19 | Improves the clarity of specular rocks (6,2) |
| 20 | Father and unorthodox curate forming schism (8) |
| 22 | Reformed theist donates to the church (6) |
| 23 | Sets crossword in extreme circumstances (6) |
| 24 | Even three runs is a pain in the groin (6) |
| 25 | Horse around on instrument (4) |
| 28 | Shack up and be with mistress finally (4) |