1: Smear record colour - that one (9)

6: Listening to playwright's baloney (5)

8: Grand space for bride's mate (5)

9: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

10: Former spouse looking after offering (9)

11: Flower festival is pointless (5)

13: Endless greeting after wine and cheese (4-5)

16: Guided into the West (2,3)

17: Redesigned color name tag (5)

18: Drink is flowing, by the sound of it, where Magna Carta was signed (9)

20: German painter in a southern state (5)

21: Green coat for Italian composer and Spanish painter (9)

24: Chinese are able to sound extremely subtle (9)

25: Opera performed at Ascot (5)

27: Soupy trade? (5)

28: No man confused about brave king of Mycenae (9)

1: Drongo lacks even a pet (3)

2: A great drink. (5)

3: Stomach-wobbling menu to follow recipe (5)

4: On the way back, I had to keep calm and concentrate (7)

5: Half of them should have had an idea (7)

6: Urge to be hunting out dicey part (9)

7: Western retreat satisfactory, accepted by canoeists and surfers? (3,8)

10: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

12: This identifies the literary epic at the outset! (5)

14: Hazardous emanation from river used by a crime boss (5)

15: Disorder outside is undermining the state (9)

18: Nice surroundings, but I arrive dishevelled (7)

19: After time, press brought back Central American leader (7)

22: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)

23: Rinse out pine compound (5)

26: In the manner of a girl (3)