Independent 6,780/Dac

Fairly easy today, I thought. No major stumbling blocks, but some very nice clues as always from Dac.

Across
1 SOAP DISH – ‘One with role of bar keeper’ is a nice definition
5 TEASER – EASTER with ‘time give priority’
10 OLD – OLD[-ham]
11 WEIGHTINESS – EIGHT in WINE,SS
12 PEDAGOGUE – PE,D,”AGOG”
14 GAGARIN – GAGA,R[-ussian],IN – Yuri was of course the first human in space
18 WALLAH – WALL,A,H – Needed to check this one in the dictionary. The ‘someone’ defnition seems a little vague, but so is the meaning of the word, so fair enough!
20 RONDEAU – (OUR DEAN)*
23 ODEON – O + E in DON
24 TRAINABLE – (LEARN A BIT)*
26 UNEMOTIONAL – (MEAN LION OUT)*
28 SEDANS – s[-ecur]E,DANS – ‘People carriers of old’ is another nice definition
 
Down
1 STOPPAGE – Double definition
2 AIDED – HIdden rev. in cruDE DIAgram
3 DOWAGER – DO,WAGER!
4 STING IN THE TAIL – That’s the second time Mr. Sumner has appeared in a recent puzzle
6 EMITTER – MITT in EER
7 STEP ASIDE – (AS IT’S DEEP)*
9 THE ENTERTAINER – John Osborne’s play and the tune which most people know from The Sting
15 GRAVESEND – GRAVE’S END – I guess the strict Ximeneans would argue with the capital letter on ‘Town’, but I’ve got no complaints
19 LINCOLN – Abraham, who’s not quite ABED at 27A
21 NONPLUS – NO + PL in SUN rev.
22 ROGUES – (GROUSE)*
25 BRASH – BRAS,[-pus]H

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