Solutions to THC # 8907

Across

1 Popular singer in a tight corner harbouring love (7) CROONER

5 Dispenser in a jet perhaps lacking plane, so large (7) AEROSOL

9 Eager, meagre ruler has an illusion mistaken for reality (7,8) WISHFUL THINKING

10 They do not like work, surely (6) IDLERS

11 Losing head, author of fables accepts demand for a bivalve (8) ESCALLOP

13 Leggy NCO is treated with a polysaccharide (8) GLYCOGEN

15 Blueprint for notes with hint (6) DESIGN

18 Famous actor's voyage (6) CRUISE

19 Three articles by master, one who is abhorred (8) ANATHEMA

22 Verbal exchange about garment worn around university (8) ARGUMENT

24 Add a supplement with a very soft finish (6) APPEND

27 A stunt lady cries, dismayed by book (1,5,2,7) A STUDY IN SCARLET

28 Set aside, for a listener, old money in Europe (7) EARMARK

29 It gives one a current measure (7) AMMETER

Down

1 Ruminant fish in a part of an aircraft (7) COWLING

2 A thrush resting in a lighthouse languidly (5) OUSEL

3 Villainous foe ruins a change (9) NEFARIOUS

4 Part played by bread, say (4) ROLE

5 Horrified Accountant General holds end of audit (6) AGHAST

6 Famous old parliamentarian, a veteran Gandhian in part (5) RANGA

7 Painting for a quiet existence (5,4) STILL LIFE

8 Kind of bowling that could make a member whirl (3,4) LEG SPIN

12,17 Colourful material for revolutionary writing? (3,3) RED INK

14 A child that an unknown surgeon treated, taking time (9) YOUNGSTER

16 Plots came unstuck in vapour emanating in a seance (9) ECTOPLASM

17 See 12

18 A pretense provides a daily with a couple of notes (7) CHARADE

20 One who listens to an examiner (7) AUDITOR

21 Remove the connection from a Cancun linkage (6) UNLINK

23 Clay artist in a dance pose (5) MUDRA

25 Enthusiastic approval for new lace, with a bit of trimming (5) ECLAT

26 The place to be in when I start to agitate (4) ASIA