7  9 raids repulsed (5)

 8  How obnoxious roofer goes about making killing (9)

10 Determined vampire slayer introduced in scary writer's 9 (6)

11 Sober quality evident in Attlee and Mitterand (8)

12 Robin, say, takes over, hugging a foreign bird (8)

13 Public appeal for the old to be housed in Australia (4)

15 9 land on head (7)

17 Revolutionary military group adopting French word for 9 (7)

20 9 characters featured in works of Asimov (4)

22 9 jolly children in a song (8)

25 Rubbish golfer? A danger to kids (8)

26 Inflict on 9 (6)

27 Stern's bid is floundering in the soup (5,4)

28 Ill-natured like Mrs Norris? (5)

 2  Are these wild dogs? - hide! (8)

 3  Film philosopher at work (7)

 4  9's works out at 3 (4,4)

 5  9's reportedly confused (6)

 6  Free really odd savage (5)

 9  Estate car (4)

14 Go hot then cold, getting queasy in desert (9)

16 Marginal deviation can be ominous (8)

18 Python, for example, took cover in dilapidated piano (8)

19 English composer being imprisoned by French is serious (7)

21 Exaggerate celebration after a few balls (6)

23 Obligatory cover-up hurts umpire (4)

24 Mounting 9 in bed could be dangerous (5)