Solution to THC # 9031

Across
 1 Luck, a bit of luck in a part of the church (7) CHANCEL
 6 Soft and weak detectives follow retreating bovine (7) FLACCID
 9 On flight, use pot, ecstasy? Wrong, that is not what you meant to say (4,2,3,6) SLIP OF THE TONGUE
10 Fridge — the place for diamonds? (3,3) ICE BOX
11 True existence in the practical world (4,4) REAL LIFE
13 The joy of a competition around new aid distribution (8) RADIANCE
15 High ground in superior agricultural area (6) UPLAND
18 Somehow resist the sibling (6) SISTER
19 He sends news about drink (sweet ale) (8) REPORTER
22 They raise the team’s spirits (8) CHEERERS
24 Kind of tea that ducks pine for (6) OOLONG
27 A poor tip for UN, too funny and unbalanced (3,2,10) OUT OF PROPORTION
28 Stone set off to provide fireworks (7) ROCKETS
29 An officer to criticise unknown ship’s crew (7) COMPANY
Down
 1 Sack the treasurer! (7) CASHIER
 2 The girl that Capone reportedly looks at (5) ALICE
 3 Stirring the cocoa with a bit of lactose gives us something sweet to eat (9) CHOCOLATE
 4 The instrument of plunder, say (4) LUTE
 5 Antenna seen in coral formation growing up around the Spanish… (6) FEELER
 6 … coral island (5) ATOLL
 7 Understanding ingots can be tricky (9) COGNISANT
 8 Writer found in action in a part of the swimming pool (4,3) DEEP END
12 Expert service (3) ACE
14 Depict spy differently, as suffering from indigestion (9) DYSPEPTIC
16 Symbol for a sound message sent through BSNL perhaps (9) PHONOGRAM
17 Vigour at the heart of 14 (3) PEP
18 Aid for a cat’s paw, they say (7) SUCCOUR
20 Tenure of an interim ruler, awfully green on limits of charity (7) REGENCY
21 Large numbers made by wily sorcerer without an expression of hesitation (6) CRORES
23 Gun commonly found around capital of Liberia (5) RIFLE
25 Board for a seance? Yes, in France and Germany (5) OUIJA
26 Gambling briefly (4) SPEC