Across

1,5,9  Thief who gained assets illicitly, as Paul said (3,5,2,3,2,5)

10 She’s promised a scene if son goes off naughtily (7)

11 Getting bogged down, anger boss making the rounds (5)

12 Initially squashed under competitors seizing victory, they’re around long after you’d expect them to be (9)

13 Imply you were taking food in error, as one might say (9)

16 Pays attention to hard edges to estimate distances (5)

18 Country home, given assistance when falling over (5)

20 Being a kindly soul, I drive back, though in the clutch of the devil (9)

22 I start to be ebullient, returning for small measure that can kill pain (9)

24 Crash right into swing at left side of garden (5)

26 Butler’s work is reorganised here now (7)

27 Pulling together for the picture (7)

28 New poems featured in course (5)

29 One alone given odd bits of gluten compound similar to another (8)

Down

1 Three rulers only half winning against Irish one (9)

2 Church official providing tree (5)

3 A poor lecturer gets in a very bad place (7)

4 Happiness disturbed when page is found missing in part of the Bible (9)

5 Old boy, I had a naughty book (7)

6 Start to save a small amount of money, collecting stuff for marriage, say (9)

7 Indication that golfer is missing Christmas carols (5)

8 The deaf are keeping at a distance (4)

14 Members of sect allude to living in the Home Counties with hint of smugness (9)

15 Community manager initially snide about retaining English play (9)

17 Yes, a gun was discharged, shot inside house of prayer (9)

19 Jew and Arab troubled over pig meat (7)

21 Angel to strike Jacob’s wife in ascent (7)

22 She’s set up in Tenerife (5)

23 Courier possibly as bearer of water (4)

25 Imitating a sound like a bullet (5)

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