3  Did Ginger Spice play old instrument in verse 6? (10)

10 In verse 1, watch them feed salt into idiots (9)

11 Swore, getting married after verse 0 (5)

12 Brass creates low note (6)

13 Doctor has to use area of Portsmouth (8)

14/7 Down Under song predating Men At Work, so career to include two discs  (3,2,8,4,5)

18 Perhaps steel mesh coils dampened around cross over the dead (8,5)

22 In verse 2 it should be cool to prepare to shoot at ducks (8)

23 Refuse to eat, only missing a dessert (6)

26 Paris Hilton's sage stuffing (5)

27 Map of old London, originally damaged by strong light (5,4)

28 Gibraltar resident wants locals to go on speaking English (7,3)

29 Soapbox of Welshman? (4)

 1  What starts to hover around, having covered some distance? (4-4)

 2  Songstress inserting large sex toy (5)

 4  One bird, one bee, one introduction to sex (4)

 5  Footballer wants to give up, has put out one cig (9)

 6  Hull worker maybe needs separate row of houses (7)

 7  See 14

 8  How sad men will bite head off (2,4)

 9  A good cut unless a cruel one (6)

15 Cut and run, smuggling royal horse? (9)

16 Alistair Darling's Private Secretary, an officer, female and slightly mad (3,6)

17 Humour as base for aptly wild duck in verse 5 (8)

19 Court's decisions to give capital punishment (7)

20 Bad form when it's lost, say (6)

21 Beetle mark on a beetle's head (6)

24 Take it back in verse 3 after chasing stunner? (5)

25 Well served starter (4)