5  Heading for shed (7)

 9  Hotel girls dance exotically, without nudity at first (9)

10 Writer from French opposition (5)

11 You or I, perhaps, join profession (13)

13 Swift destruction of Port Said? (8)

15 Way to return opera to large venues (6)

17 Police surround empty house of Egyptian leader (6)

19 Game with 23 between the French and English (8)

22 Two fools lead one country to liquidation (13)

25 Saving without a minimum (5)

26 Sell off, i.e. vast rip-off? (9)

27 One who fleeces ex-footballer? (7)

28 For the audience, I tax 12 (7)

 1  Mineral found in outskirts of Minorca (4)

 2  Fish with small head (7)

 3  A plane with oxygen for China? (5)

 4  Brownie points out accommodation? (8)

 5  Polyclitus, primarily, is an old sculptor (6)

 6  Memorable day for socialist landlord (3-6)

 7  Non-believer drops penny inside the circle (7)

 8  Fanciful Greek atlas showing Michigan and Ontario, for example (5,5)

12 Whip mushrooms up on the French shows (10)

14 Medic holds unusual isotope for investor (9)

16 Acne? Mail-ordered lotion (8)

18 Catch sloppy tanneries missing it out (7)

20 English teacher and students get up at dawn (7)

21 Preserve DNA dropped by criminal (6)

23 Angry hijacker needs no introduction (5)

24 A sly look at “The King’s Speech”? (4)