Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS:

1 Commander in distant citadel offers scant consolation (4,7)

9 Real nip after a storm? That’s more evident (7)

10 Reserve team in decline (7)

11 Measure of work, say, around end of summer (3)

12 Outstanding director behind newspaper employee is pensive (7)

13 Popular type touring Hungary briefly (2,5)

14 Knight found among countless Irish (3)

15 Brand linked to excellent holiday destination (5)

17 North American with endless chatter regarding a birth (5)

18 Omits small round sweets (5)

20 Fraudulent manager almost captivating good university (5)

22 Aristocrat clipped organ (3)

24 Film’s opening of a genuine nature in a documentary style? (7)

25 Graduate upset tired head waiter (6,1)

26 Long period in general (3)

27 Extend period inside (7)

28 Casual worker with uniform starts to recommend another Japanese dish (7)

29 Irritate character providing element in prize competition (7,4)

DOWN:

1 Companion cultivated sombrer accent for musical performances (7,8)

2 Unhurried Austrian film-maker united with papers (7)

3 Recording about Yorkshire river is preserved (5)

4 Mike is supplying a doubt (9)

5 U.S. musician soon to play covers R&B and hint of indie (7)

6 Dinner though not cooked is present in small amounts (4,2,3,6)

7 Old man on board ship with illness gets convulsions (6)

8 Amount paid by a tenant afterwards raised to cover November (6)

16 Robert has complaint about front of hilarious knitted headwear (6,3)

18 Relieve U.S. agent that’s flipped on purpose (6)

19 Screen device in a camera (7)

21 Lightly go over object held up for evergreen shrub (7)

23 Artist with ring characterising some routes? (6)

25 Rival striker? (5)