8  Minister's break down after drinking wine  (6)

 9  Everyone's appearing in Christmas show  (8)

10 Recollected secret of no tax  (4-4)

11 Repeatedly leading the French giving chilling evidence  (6)

12 Your life's meaning  (6)

13 Christ's texting Spanish waiter  (8)

14 Heifer's therapy is the most effective  (7)

16 Robin Goodfellow's kind and beautiful - that is to say, special  (7)

20 Ignatius perhaps called back about pilgrim  (8)

23 Sinister person's story in English paper - on the contrary!  (6)

25 Tangy cheese included from an organic source  (6)

26 Marauder in west coast city shot first in place of execution  (8)

27 African animal was nearly slaughtered  (8)

28 Sing big-note regularly with me  (6)

 2  Robin maybe has time for good season  (6)

 3  Order free spirit, not good for oxides  (8)

 4  Member returns in heartless prank as a seasonal messenger  (7)

 5  Win after a pub leaves room  (6)

 6  Ex-soldier returns drug-free with daughter having intimate meal  (2,6)

 7  Botanical structures found in teasel perhaps  (6)

15 Lout's a weed when being raised we are told  (8)

17 Orchestra's leader quits. Nice for him to get a chorus of praise  (8)

18 Gift day  (8)

19 Go near terribly old food additive  (7)

21 Exceptional worker's virus  (6)

22 Record of Van Morrison's heard by shepherds?  (6)

24 Snowman's young embraces big teddy's head  (6)