5  Fun when harassed stoic is overcome by happiness  (8)

 9  American cupcakes, etc., Susan baked  (8)

10 Satellite republic’s alternative glass  (6)

11 Poet read a blue composition involving setter  (10)

12 Paint with charcoal?  (4)

13 Advance in playground activity?  (8)

16 Hole in landlord's admission, it’s said  (6)

17 Animals by the sea moved quickly  (6)

19 King - pulp author's introduction to Misery is capital  (8)

21 High fliers failing exam  (4)

22 Embroideries of sagging t-tapestry?  (10)

25 Temple deep in worship a god appears  (6)

26 Unexpected first?  (8)

27 Those longing for variable bread-makers  (8)

28 Elizabeth's game?  (6)

 2  Source of guttural sounds, following strangely unchivalrous omission of Cornish pasty  (5)

 3  Gripped by divorce settlement, lacking alternative  (5)

 4  Lower thief may be heard in the bushes  (7)

 5  Joe's odds-on to cause pain when telling jokes  (7)

 6  Struggle's over when learner has absconded  (7)

 7  Most keen adversity, oddly ignored by Katharina?  (9)

 8  Union outfit initially trashed by confessor  (9)

14 Former lover I judge and find innocent  (9)

15 A proud mop styled into a hairdo  (9)

18 Fed up, overdue and let down?  (7)

19 Anoraks look back over Silver Surfer’s first appearance  (7)

20  A throwback is hard to get rid of  (7)

23 Here in Paris, the queen is colder  (5)

24 Grand to be idle at the finish?  (5)