Guardian 25,608 – Brendan

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Enjoyed this a lot, especially the theme. Favourite clues 11a, 15d and 19d.

Across
9 ACADEMISM =”adherence to formal rules”. An art movement influenced by the French Académie des Beaux-Arts (Madame is)* around C[onstant]
10, 16 WOODY ALLEN =”movie great” ALL=Everyone inside WOOD=club + YEN=longing. Woody Allen directed MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.
11 TANGO =”Dance music” [broadcas]T=TANGO in the NATO phonetic alphabet
12 PARIETALS =”Bones in the skull” ET AL=”and others” in PARIS
13 IN PARIS =”Capital location” Can follow several of the answers elsewhere in the puzzle to form names of films: [An] American in Paris, April in Paris, Last Tango in Paris, Midnight in Paris
14 CORSICA =”French region” COR=”French horn” + SIC=thus + A
17 DUMAS =”French author” DUM[b] AS[s]
19 MAN =”old boy” repeatedly appears in comMANd perforMANce
20 APRIL alluding to the song=”air” April in Paris Browning wrote “Oh to be in England, now that April’s here…”
21 ACCUSED =”as his government was by Zola” with his famous “J’accuse!” ACCU[r]SED
22 CAMPION A flower, and a poet (Thomas Campion) P[arking] inside CAMION=French for truck
24 GREGORIAN =”new style of dating” (Ignore rag)*
28 NOISE =”what we hear” N[orthern] + OISE=tributary of Seine
29 HEMINGWAY =”Sometime American in Paris” (enigma why)*
Down
1 LAST =”Persevere” L[earner]=”inexpert driver” + AS=when + T=”tee”
2 CATNAP cryptic def
3 BED OF ROSES double def =”Delightful spot”, and Ramblers are a kind of rose.
4 HIPPOS =”African animals” HIPS=fruit around PO=river
5 AMERICAN “When good Americans die, they go to Paris” – Oscar Wilde
6 TWEE =”Overly cute” TWEE[d], where “stuff”=>textile=>tweed
7 DOUANIER French customs officer (Andre Oui)*
8 AYES “Votes for” Rutherford B [H]AYES is the Republican president
13 INDIA “land in Asia” “I”=INDIA in the NATO phonetic alphabet (As communicated by pilot)
15 ROAD-MAKING cryptic def “Rues” being the French for “roads”
18 MICHELIN =”company of stars” Saint Michel = “Saintly Frenchman” + IN
19 MIDNIGHT =”when PM [as in 11:59pm] finishes” rev(DIM)=”Raised stupid” + (thing)*
22 CINEMA =”Art form” Spelt the same in French, but with an acute accent on the E
23 IN-LAWS =”Part of extended family” Ned KELLY was an Australian outlaw
24,26 GENE KELLY =”Player of American in Paris” GENE[ra]LLY with two letters changed to KE
25 OMEN =”Sign” rev(NEMO)=”French author’s antihero put up”
27 YO-YO =”popular toy” The cellist Yo-Yo Ma was born (delivered) in Paris

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