7  ... could be Mrs Buck (3)

 9  Note to go and reserve accommodation? (5)

10 Sheltered home's behind schedule in the south of France (9)

11 Graduate's mixing salt with ice to make a lot of cold water (6,3)

12 Paddy's retiring, leaving an opening for trainee barman? (5)

13 Taxi is ordered after husband got shot in the crowd? (3,1,3)

15 Rosy prospect at last for dummy (4)

18 Investigates cracks in temporary housing (4)

20 Western boycott's biting on South Africa (7)

23 Disorientated in the main (2,3)

24 A versatile, intrusive almost, type of defence ... (9)

26 ... not a biker contrived to enter illegally (5,4)

27 Cross over being harassed by tramp standing out at the front (5)

28 Hotel's out of order to hound slippery customer (3)

29 Seized by governor, this landmass is about half of southern state (5,6)

 1  Way for Merkel to put her foot down? (8)

 2  Setter's respectful? Just the opposite (8)

 3  Signs of possible corruption cropped up in senile boardroom (5)

 4  Woman's respectable relations (4,3)

 5  New-fangled company that delivers the pictures in Yorkshire? (7)

 6  Treacherous French promise of fresh start coming to nothing (5,4)

 7  Party game for children has resurgence finally following years of decline (6)

 8  Denture needs repair - it's no time to suffer (6)

14 Outrageously Alan Arkin's sacked a native islander (3,6)

16 Condition man for sex via cutting out starters (8)

17 Freed from captivity, an unspecified number get seduced by money (8)

19 One pictures old queen amongst the dons (7)

20 What's that about Communist undermining British pledge? (7)

21 Ken's beloved pub starts to bring in entertainers (6)

22 A mount gets to boot ... (2,4)

25 ... jockeys harbouring black feelings (5)