7  Candle light at first, without a blow (5)

 8  Convincingly defeat without drug, clean (9)

10 Reading without hearsay (6)

11 Hid broom untidily in quadrilateral without right angles (8)

12 Game bird with first holiday for student in Nice (8)

13 Mid-western state substitutes without clothing, showing tiny amount (4)

15 A robin without symbol for hope (7)

17 Jerusalem singers sell sandwiches, heat lacking (7)

20 Man on board without key piece of glass (4)

22 Skilled workers regularly leaving airstrip without french... (8)

25 ... even without being held by stars carrying southern Spanish instruments (8)

26 Everyone working after finally drinking eight pints (6)

27 Pet senses altered gradient (9)

28 Immediately, without being forward (5)

 2  Sabotage a U-boat starting to head north by German road (8)

 3  Help needed to burn it, ending brightly (7)

 4  Cook, boil and stir pine cones (8)

 5  Worthless time without touch (3-3)

 6  Excited by climbing a step (5)

 9  A genuine bottomless space (4)

14 How to make tacos for those without loyalty? (9)

16 Old raven flies across country (8)

18 Glances at koalas oh so perversely (3,1,4)

19 Player with second-rate support (7)

21 Copper interrupting last word shows good judgement (6)

23 Historical clothing without back, once from the south (4)

24 Distance without scope (5)