1. Power of nature regularly infusing calmness (7)
CONTROL
N[a]T[u]R[e] (regularly) infusing COOL (calmness)
5. Blathered on and escaped with a fine up front (7)
WAFFLED
FLED (escaped), (W (with) + A + F (fine)) up front
9. Briefly contemplate eating at home with take away (5)
MINUS
MUS[e] (contemplate, briefly) eating IN (at home)
10. Said I had a blue quilt (9)
EIDERDOWN
“I’d a” (I had a, “said”) + DOWN (blue)
11. Make futile attempt to teach incoming Year 5 about current (3,2,4)
TRY IN VAIN
TRAIN (teach), incoming ((Y (year) + V (5)) about IN (current))
12. Restored silence with fellow soldiers going on ahead (5)
FRESH
SH (silence) with (F (fellow) + RE (soldiers)) going on ahead
13. Seepage from great river reported (4)
OOZE
“Ouse” (great river, “reported”)
15. Powerful one act play to include introduction from Hugh Grant (8)
ATHLETIC
(I (one) + ACT))* (*play) to include (H[ugh] (introduction) + LET (grant))
18. Strongest Surrey opener’s dismissed in cricket match (8)
STOUTEST
S[urrey] (opener) + (OUT (dismissed) in TEST (cricket match))
19. Former society girl and model makes commitment (4)
DEBT
DEB (former society girl) and T (model)
22. Not able to have posh new suit (5)
UNFIT
U (posh) + N (new) + FIT (suit)
24. Drink plenty of water having drunk hearty red (9)
REHYDRATE
26. Where ordinary MPs are getting support by judiciary (4,5)
BACK BENCH
BACK (support) + BENCH (judiciary)
27. One’s reluctant to spend one’s energy seducing man (5)
MISER
(IS (one’s) + E (energy)) seducing MR (man)
28. Exceptional golden arches in Exeter building (7)
EXTREME
M (golden arches) in (EXETER)* (*building)
29. Finally, achy joints long gone and new heart in baseball team (7)
YANKEES
[ach]Y (finally) + ANK[l]ES (joints, L (long) gone) and [n]E[w] (heart) in
1. Wake up commander satisfied onslaught’s beginning (4,2)
COME TO
CO (commander, Commanding Officer) + MET (satisfied) + O[nslaught] (beginning)
2. Good old Grandma’s first with a top tip for mother of kids (5,4)
NANNY GOAT
(G (good) + O (old)), NANNY (grandma) first, with A + T[op] (tip)
3. Check sulphur in tree sap (5)
RESIN
REIN (check), S (sulphur) in
4. Is unable to sleep before a funeral, makes up stories (4,5)
LIES AWAKE
before (A + WAKE (funeral)), LIES (makes up stories)
5. Broaden women’s group study (5)
WIDEN
WI (women’s group, Women’s Institute) + DEN (study)
6. Female artist knocked up advert about lifestyle overseas (3,6)
FAR AFIELD
F (female) + (RA)< (artist, <knocked up) + (AD (advert) about (LIFE)* (*style))
7. Relaxed look round Kent area (5)
LOOSE
LO (look) + O (round) + SE (Kent area, South East)
8. Dying to go out with husband in boat . . . . (6)
DINGHY
(DYING)* (*to go out) with H (husband) in
14. . . . . just even to have sex on board (9)
EQUITABLE
EQUABLE (even) to have IT (sex) on board
16. Man found on grass after blow to head went to bed (3,3,3)
HIT THE HAY
(HE (man) found on HAY (grass)) after (HIT (blow) + T[o] (head))
17. I don’t understand Italy’s best team getting demolished (2,5,2)
IT BEATS ME
(I (Italy) + BEST TEAM)* (*getting demolished)
20. First Judy Blume novel’s in stuff for charity shop (6)
JUMBLE
J[udy] (first) + (BLUME)* (*novel)
21. Some nobility in priest’s words of wisdom? (6)
PEARLS
EARL (some nobility) in PS (priest’s)
23. Truth about terminal failure of plane (5)
FACET
FACT (truth) about [failur]E (terminal)
24. Anger management class (5)
RANGE
25. Evil spirit’s trapped in hillside monastery (5)
DEMON
[hillsi]DE MON[astery] (trapped in)
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