1 Moves to retain nucleus of Countdown in planned programmes (7)
5 Defective hearing? Not I - it's the wind (7)
9 Worship a dancing latin duo (9)
10 Assassin took out henchman in jail (5)
11 Cultivated a plot (7)
12 Skipping regular reunion forums can be harmful (7)
13 Sign that nothing's wrong after detective comes across suspicious joint (9)
15 Degenerate graduate tucking into Mars? (2,3)
17 Track the leader in training (5)
19 Pretty young thing, easy to catch for a lark? (5,4)
22 Reserve's second time back in shape (7)
25 Win over the French follows mini-defeat initially around the end of March (7)
26 Here in parts of Canada the monarch appears more distant (5)
27 Pinched and scratched (9)
28 Charm old actress after golf (7)
29 A theologian, hampered by short sight, say, gets upset (7)
1 Cooked rare seabird (7)
2 Crowds round speaker with sugary fare (9)
3 Totals are up or I'm a Dutchman (7)
4 Daughter's in inspired form and ready to iron (4-5)
5 Patch of copper (5)
6 Vice supremo's going down (7)
7 Eth's beloved party's musical theme (5)
8 Foreign dailies communicated effectively (7)
14 I stalk two crooked power units (9)
16 Black broadcast from irrational boyfriend (5,4)
17 Gingerbread group's first placement (7)
18 Stop me getting back to save try (7)
20 Gave proceeds to journalist (7)
21 Spanish Dragons' Den - a Sun fabrication? (7)
23 Board provides late news of European rights (5)
24 Channel cover-up threw establishment (5)
1 Moves to retain nucleus of Countdown in planned programmes (7)