1 It's customary to remove end of sausage (5)
4/16 Infantryman relaxed reading rude rag (9,9)
10 Time-off mid-period (4-4)
11 Storming such a castle might be child's play (6)
12 Malone rips apart, in a cold way (10)
13 Mineral found in hospital canteen (4)
14 Scrambled Royal egg drains off the rainwater (8)
17 Within a short time, Pepe's upset about Russian plain (6)
18 Leave alone on the beach? (6)
20 Capital wear for 4 across and 16 down - but sounds naked! (8)
22 Sour article police follow (4)
23 Clark's lute may be very dull (10)
26 Witty words on tomb are right out of order! (3,3)
27 One may be sentenced when in but not there! (8)
28 Yorkshire town's midweek team? (9)
29 May replace 20 across when not protecting palaces (5)