| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BILE DUCT | |
| “Tube connected to the duodenum” is clued badly in part (4,4) | Anagram of CLUED inside BIT | |
| 5 | TABLET | |
| Medicinal substance is effective time after time (6) | (ABLE + T) after T | |
| 9 | ROAST | |
| A hot joint as filmed by degenerate (5) | AS inside ROT | |
| 10 | UNCLAIMED | |
| Relative died clutching object wanted by no-one (9) | (UNCLE + D) outside AIM | |
| 12 | ONE IN A THOUSAND | |
| Clue for “aim” is exceptional? (3,2,1,8) | I inside (A + M) | |
| 14 | PASS | |
| Free ticket is nearly out-of-date (4) | (PASS)e | |
| 15 | DECLARED | |
| Acknowledged leader in design created lace a bright colour (8) | (D)esign + anagram of LACE + RED | |
| 18 | ENTAILED | |
| Adjustment to date line is required (8) | Anagram of DATE LINE | |
| 20 | FILL | |
| Discharge fellow on the sick list (4) | F + ILL | |
| 24 | GENERAL-PURPOSE | |
| New design of regular pen put forward is very useful (7-7) | Anagram of REGULAR PEN + POSE | |
| 26 | CHAMELEON | |
| Hippie primarily wearing beige, one unusually adaptable person (9) | (H)ippie inside CAMEL + anagram of ONE | |
| 27 | DRAMA | |
| Theatre doctor, a man not fully extended (5) | DR + A + (MA)n | |
| 28 | TRENDY | |
| Stylish conclusion accepted by judge (6) | END inside TRY | |
| 29 | GRADIENT | |
| Rise and decline in monetary aid (8) | DIE inside GRANT | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | BIRD OF PREY | |
| Unorthodox pro fired in close, for an eagle, say (4,2,4) | Anagram of PRO FIRED inside BY | |
| 2 | LEADERS | |
| Commercial spliced into small roll of film upset directors (7) | AD inside (S + REEL) reversed | |
| 3 | DATING | |
| Australian oddball carrying can is seeing someone (6) | DAG outside TIN | |
| 4 | CRUSTY | |
| Hard carbon showing signs of deterioration (6) | C + RUSTY | |
| 6 | ADAMS ALE | |
| A reservoir selling water (5,3) | A + DAM + SALE | |
| 7 | LAMINAR | |
| Scaly creature moved up river (7) | ANIMAL reversed + R | |
| 8 | TIDE | |
| Current drawn using an audio device (4) | Sounds like TIED | |
| 11 | COOKED | |
| Company given approval should be prepared (6) | CO + OKED | |
| 13 | ADULTERANT | |
| Hard-core drug administered with last drop of spirit and mixer (10) | ADULT + E + RAN + spiri(T) | |
| 16 | LINE FEED | |
| Printing operation stuffed around professional’s charge (4,4) | LINED outside FEE | |
| 17 | FEMALE | |
| Iron plugged by poor retired woman (6) | FE outside (LAME reversed) | |
| 19 | TEENAGE | |
| Juvenile is far away from a free agent after change of management (7) | Anagram of A FREE AGENT minus FAR | |
| 21 | IRON AGE | |
| Period in history, one connected with cutting violent anger (4,3) | I + (ON inside RAGE) | |
| 22 | OPENER | |
| A key, maybe, one taken from murdered pioneer (6) | Anagram of PIONEER minus I | |
| 23 | TRADED | |
| Head of this mutated adder may be sold (6) | (T)his + anagram of ADDER | |
| 25 | SCOT | |
| Assorted coats discounted by a European (4) | Anagram of COATS minus A |
David, I went with “PILE FEED” @ 16d.
Would also be a correct answer AND fit the Definition.
However some of the Comments about stuffed/lined jackets etc,
now make much more sense!!!
Not sure I see piled as “stuffed”. It is more like a growing heap. I saw it as stuffing as much money in my pockets as I could, which meant I had lined my pockets.
Water under the bridge now. Let’s see what this week brings.
I’d never heard of “pile feed” before. You learn something new every day…