8  Trekking Bulgarian left out bun for Tibetan sheep (6)

 9  I, Vera, am composing a Latin prayer to Saibini (3,5)

10 Made uncouth sounds and shockingly beheld consuming last bit of croc (7)

11 European leader's symbol? Tau! (6)

12 Text "Sepia pictures returned" (6)

13 007's female counterpart had a Thai ram slaughtered (4,4)

14 Reveal old model (6)

16 Endlessly cheats some, say, producing raw material for plaster of Paris (6)

20 Lock up soldiers kidnapping royal descendant (8)

23 Emmer wheat, rice and maize, for example, initially germinate with showers (6)

25 Accommodation for horses built by policemen after releasing prisoner (6)

26 Strike donkey accompanying a Unionist lieutenant (7)

27 Employees with boring jobs? (8)

28 Suspension of breathing, disturbed nap with open eyes aching initially (6)

 2  Hatchling in eyrie? Or in Beagle Terrier? (6)

 3  Roads where Whig rolls in straw with spades (8)

 4  Old carriages constructed from some teak and pieces of elm, mahogany and sal (7)

 5  Dead-nettle part seen behind bird (6)

 6  Irritating problems? He - Caesar - is jumpy (8)

 7  Nice construction around end of road ruined initially - becomes incombustible material (6)

15 Geometrical shape of Arab opal revised (8)

17 East European guy returns with ring for captive servant (not European) (8)

18 Roaming singer: "Merlin captivated Saint when roaming" (8)

19 Seamen swarm around ship all together (2,5)

21 Come to be fully developed having a muter disposition (6)

22 Allowed liquid to pass through grain containing excellent protein sources (6)

24 Travelling Columbian gives up cob for old students (6)