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