Across
Flare-up brought about by so much French spirit? (7)
Reportedly track and creep up on wading bird (5)
Dog beginning to bark at high fence (5)
Slam former partner consumed by TV soap, so to speak? (9)
Take back park — Liberal's first intention (7)
Poet's current way to receive bearers of gifts (7)
More confident old men Bede converted (10)
Source of information, perhaps: one rejected by Brecht's collaborator (4)
Cooler condition (4)
Old college tutor's initial robbery, one believes (10)
Rule about marine mammal crossing this coastal defence (7)
Showing forbearance, as 28 could be? (7)
Satan's chief aim, ensnaring frail innocents, primarily (4-5)
Possessing nothing, difficult to stockpile! (5)
Plant soundly identified by groups of sheep or birds (5)
Illustrator's profile finally framed by retired singer (7)
Down
Charge bishop, one about to board hired car (7)
No male friend accepts resistance, as a rule (8)
Discharge right hand man originally supporting group of nations (5)
Plant woman found around ridge of land (9)
Second best way to attract attention? (6)
Express view about gangster being shot? (7)
Welcoming knight, Gael possibly made obeisance (5)
Unusual beard, even for a poet somewhere in Scotland (8)
Calming English gang girl that is not without heart (9)
Play featuring singer in a duel, oddly (8)
City fathers ultimately suspend drunk by word of mouth (8)
Risk associated with large part of church (7)
Part of glacier one notes during visit (3-4)
Message following drivers over crossroads (6)
Quick-witted character on the staff (5)
Left port, carrying heavy cargo (5)
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