1: Sparks from auto backing up over tree (7)

4: Try to get ripened... it's a calamity (7)

8: It might reside in monument! (5)

9: With little preparation, I'm leading dance with piano and pair of utus (9)

11: Franklin eagerly grabs stock (7)

13: Ejection of Jack from medieval competition (7)

14: Hellish painter spoke piffle (5)

16: Show sadness when fruit gets cut out (4,1,4)

17: Harsh on Ian after sending back card (9)

20: Sock a prophet (5)

22: Trailer crashed in second test (7)

23: Beverage store in heart of Cairo (7)

25: Established to trick company editor (9)

26: Part of book covers ballpark legends, using reliable background sources (5)

27: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

28: Retinue and company again go round, get back (7)

1: Bunch of devotees arouse group (3,4)

2: Pitcher, lunatic, not married (5)

3: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

5: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

6: Space left by dry loch (9)

7: More up-to-date way for Oscar to greet Felix? (7)

9: Articles in 'Divers Times' (5)

10: Fake endless call (5)

12: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

15: Neat study trashed ... more at eleven (4,5)

17: Handles bad cents (7)

18: Faith in Osiris, lamentably (5)

19: Scotsman turns to notice drifter (5)

21: Do I have the capacity to be good-natured? (7)

24: Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5)

26: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)