4  Misery as United demolished Spurs (8)

 8  Titanic actor less hot in M Butterfly, or something like that (7)

 9  House in Rome keeps settled Italian sweet (7)

11 Registered, like hastily-written letter from Isaac Newton? (6,2)

12 One doubting Nancy nicks rings (5)

13 Walter Scott's capital transformed layabout (7)

15 Spar's tip: root vegetable contains red hairs every so often (7)

18 Trio stripped and in position to streak (7)

21 One's to live with Croatian tennis player? That's silly (9*)

23 In the middle of pummelling no masseuse holds back (5)

25 Caught warming up for extramarital sex (8)

27 Embarrassed about crime, having pinched lead from ceiling void (7)

28 It's useful for swelling chickpea not enjoying hard ground (7)

29 Lily pad with holes disintegrated (8)

30 School returning permit card (7*)

 1  Case of fiancée protecting American's reputation (4)

 2  People supplying food company may initially fail to spot a rodent devouring one (12*)

 3  Rogue count close to lustful nurses and to Angela Merkel (9*)

 4  My job's to organize lucre she spread around Germany (9*)

 5  Strange gents entertained by topless hostess with big ears (7)

 6  PC turning up deeds in ditch (8*)

 7  Spot Russian leader discarding Lenin's cap (5)

10 Account originally overlooked maverick cops releasing second conspirator (10*)

13 Women's Institute decides about a cover for calendar - they want to appear cute (9*)

14 Starts to effervesce and takes polish off (3)

16 Seek something that links Barton with Washington (3)

17 A character who's desperate is inhibited by toilet water rising (9)

19 Suffering droop (no end of alcohol to start with) (7)

20 Stop eating fish with a bit of egg, scrambled... (7)

21 ...suspect I'd bin eel that's not fit to eat (8*)

22 Connecting punt on water with Navy (7)

24 Liam and Noel's watering hole? (5)

26 King buried in south/centre of Leicester? Reveal bones (8*)