9  Breath pause in American performance of paean (5)

10 Reacting to beast and former dictator with considerable energy (9)

11 See 1

16 Initially retrieve only one piece of jewellery left in bond before Silvio's first period of debauchery (7,8)

19 See 1

20 I'm buttery, meltingly soft, silvery metal (9)

27 Town is complete after accepting formerly oppositionist sides back (9)

28 Material part unfortunately crashed (5)

29 Improves performance with air drink? (5,2)

30 Liberated female in space vacated by Silkwood, perhaps (3,4)

 1/8      Almost long for pudding from the past (5,3)

 2  Bone appearing in regular full-on war (4)

 3  Air Canada has first to replace a revamped Animal Class (9)

 4/22        Choice of leading characters in "Harlem Nights" gripped by disease and Irish detective novel!  (5,5)

 5  Artificial hair standing on end for loud fascists without number (6,3)

 6/21        To mention thanks to upstanding relations is something politicians can do to make themselves unpopular (5,5)

 7  Superficial rubbish pointlessly turned over (4)

 8  See 1

12 See 14

13 Bad mark for type of 6, reportedly (5)

14/12       Aerobic fun involves newsreader (5,5)

15 As Heston's lost a lot of weight, there's a series in England (or Australia) (5)

17 March surprises even Meryl, perhaps (5,4)

18 American crazy to shorten lease for dish (3,6)

21 See 6

22 See 4

23/26       Clubs bag, up to a point, is luggage (8)

24 Maybe what boxers try to do to turn heads (4)

25 Pit where former miners' leader loses breathing equipment (4)

26 See 23