4  Four taken in by popular voiceover having lively surroundings (2,4)

 8  In shock, promoted a tool (4)

 9  One paying no attention newly made ready by resourceful leader (10)

10 Ten articles start to dream up a perfect place for a dome (6)

11 Somehow empty case contains Skirwingle’s cossie (8)

12 Doctor to peer at Candide, say (8)

14 Monster concealed lady’s slipper? (6)

16 Retired Varney installing your first southern European water heater (6)

18 Persuasive queen gets mixed up with bad lot (8)

20 Figure supporting Grant and backing Von Teese (8)

22 Who’s weak? Little Dorothy at the start of a road (6)

24 Deck appropriate to English mansion (10)

26 Promise to get out of boat hastily... (4)

27 ...hastily, perhaps, and heartlessly; very shortly, bluntly, initially (6)

28 Thin time in big city (5)

 1  One confidentiality contract binds island state (5)

 2  Ruth’s upset about Isaac’s son in this book (9)

 3  Last retreat of editor in defeat, accepting short book (7)

 4  Girl who’s four by end of July (3)

 5  Condition in which I turn green when set up above (7)

 6  Six beers, shot of eggnog at first, and bottles (5)

 7  It is done in revolt? (8)

11 Laver bread uses this grain to introduce wonder (7)

13 Schwarzenegger movie Red Heat – he quit to be in porn, nearly (8)

15 How Apollo 13 gets going or how Dracula ends? (9)

17 Academician rejected art by church for competitive work (3,4)

19 Scrap metal essentially supports weird guys (7)

21 Surrender produce (5)

23 Ostentatious rector starts off in the zoo, yes? (5)

25 Container for instrument – not quite all of it (3)