Solution to THC # 9057

Across

 1 Donkey, say, can sort unfed babe out (5,2,6) BEAST OF BURDEN

 9 Brainless zero-micron change (7) MORONIC

10 Rodent makes a poor player shake, we hear (7) HAMSTER

11 Exploding star seen over Pusan, breaking up (9) SUPERNOVA

12 Old British PM’s returned to rest (5) SLEEP

13 Deceive daughter, escape discovery (6) DELUDE

14 Wearing no shoes, like a contessa of the silver screen? (8) BAREFOOT

17 Try the underground for an artificial place to make babies (4,4) TEST TUBE

19 I got re-treated for an affection of the thyroid (6) GOITRE

23 Bovine (Scottish) creature, gardener at Blandings Castle (5) ANGUS

25 Insipid sales test fails (9) TASTELESS

26 Make a suggestion for a professional posture (7) PROPOSE

27 Confused male in a WWII battle site, El — (7) ALAMEIN

28 Accept a promise or promise not to drink (4,3,6) TAKE THE PLEDGE

Down

 1 Lost in thought like a Greek goddess in a part of the garden (7) BEMUSED

 2 Sailor and cop struggling in a citadel (9) ACROPOLIS

 3 Brown, socialist, captured conservative Crusade leader (7) TANCRED

 4 Industrial unit loses unknown agent (6) FACTOR

 5 Violent disturbance caused by a change in a pH value (8) UPHEAVAL

 6 The realm that needs me anew (7) DEMESNE

 7 Used in gunpowder, in titration it reveals a chemical (5) NITRE

 8 Protective wall that is a standard, a dear one (7) PARAPET

15 Hot men end curious healing (2,3,4) ON THE MEND

16 A wager reportedly intended for assisting wrongdoing (8) ABETMENT

17 Sound of a rough tread that the alert MP made out (7) TRAMPLE

18 Thick tuft of grass in US stock exchange (7) TUSSOCK

20 Above everything, it is a garment (7) OVERALL

21 The most important quality of a German city church (7) ESSENCE

22 Get free space, starting early, travelling (6) ESCAPE

24 Good, one who entertains reveals spirit! (5) GHOST

Solution to THC # 9055 (incomplete)

Across

 1 Estimate for an inapt mix, a poor mix (13) APPROXIMATION

10 Oratory of Queen Cleo challenged (9) ELOQUENCE

11 Address of a lady, my mother (5) MADAM

12 The comedy of putting a redhead in countenance (5) FARCE

13 Antiperspirant shown in a trade do on make-up (9) DEODORANT

14 Part of a Paris questionnaire is a bit bawdy (6) RISQUE

16 Couch for a prima donna, new (5) DIVAN

19 Bend down so as to operate inside (5) STOOP

20 Mixed volunteer force leaves birthday bash (6) HYBRID

25 A leader of thieves, lured and tried (9) ATTEMPTED

26 Chennai, say, goes underground in Paris (5) METRO

27 Jeeves, for one (5) VALET

28 Journey to Italy and back, say, but drop Turin anyhow (9) ROUNDTRIP

29 Criticism of a vain Norse maid backfires (13) ANIMADVERSION

Down

 2 Forward movement as in ‘time’s thievish — to eternity’ (Shakespeare) (8) PROGRESS

 3 Cosmetic which is good in a dissolute man (5) ROUGE

 4 Cross a part of a southern state to find a fictional estate (6) XANADU

 5 Heartless men come in waving an aid to memory (8) MNEMONIC

 6 Transient con leaves one living a the same time (9) TEMPORARY

 7 Father is one no longer young (3,3) OLD MAN

 8 A cow is provided in here afresh (6) - E - F - R

 9 Common name of a metal worker (5) SMITH

15 Take it or leave it! (9) ULTIMATUM

17 Tampered with by a healer and journalist (8) DOCTORED

18 Musical composition that I too roar about (8) ORATORIO

21 The indigent, put up on the outskirts of Dahomey, are sagging with weakness (6) DROOPY

22 Give up one caught in a surge (5) WAIVE

23 Outer garment, new, was hot (6) - T - L - N

24 Cite as an example publicity on Italian leader (6) ADDUCE

26 Did he become ‘touchy’ about gold? (5) MIDAS

Solution to THC # 9032 (incomplete)

Across

 1 Working to educate, he may have class! (6,7) SCHOOL TEACHER

10 Fail to wake up in time (9) OVERSLEEP

11 Crazy bishop with a fighting force (5) BARMY

12 Transfer a design from a hand-made calendar (5) DECAL

13 Distracting close tail, swing back and forth (9) OSCILLATE

14 Petty officer in British navy is a money-spinner (6)

16 Show respect but put off (5)

19 Mat on table is a bit dirty, greasy (5) SOILY

20 Disguise is done within court (6)

25 Play a winning card, one to beat a possible winner (9) OVERTRUMP

26 Place a restriction on an agreement covering uranium (5) BOUND

27 Indian cart in a Pacific island (5) TONGA

28 Easily annoyed by liar, tribe revolts (9) IRRITABLE

29 Position of military alertness to extend across duration of holding one’s interest (9, 4) ATTENTION SPAN

Down

 2 Browbeating a C.O. on rice distribution (8) COERCION

 3 Aquatic bird on a merry-go-round lacking car (5) OUSEL

 4 Be prone to sound like a cow? Keep quiet! (3,3)

 5 Old partner deep in trouble about little money — that is not a surprise (8) EXPECTED

 6 Spanish gent in a secret plot with new role (9) CABALLORE

 7 Cerumen that makes a listener increase in strength (6) EARWAX

 8 Time for a don’s dance in a month (6)

 9 In the car they reduce gritty resistance to an extent (5) TYRES

15 Command a turnaround (5,4) ABOUT FACE

17 Chaurasia or Ramani (8) FLAUTIST

18 Writer on Burma spells out ‘Half Shadow’ (8) PENUMBRA

21 Straightened out, it went up and ceased to exist (6) TIDIED

22 Small cubicle makes footwear hot (5) BOOTH

23 Currency note put up for a curdling agent (6) RENNET

24 Ducks going round harbour in Portuguese city (6) OPORTO

26 Small morsels of food, the best I cooked (5) BITES