3: Correspond with mother and I boarding train (1-4)

6: Indian chief of devout faith (5)

9: Approaches first of nine pieces of corn (5)

11: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

12: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

13: Sinatra improved, becoming a master of his craft (7)

14: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)

16: Air transport for the lumberjack? (7)

18: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

19: Frost to cover the cake (3)

20: Plots get Cuban revolutionary leader in a terrible mess (7)

21: Gold tooth, perhaps, in satellite? (7)

23: Betraying no emotion when Greek god has first expired (7)

26: Fiction position (3)

27: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

28: Discounting all odds, teen assured to succeed (5)

29: Predatory bird decapitated dog (5)

30: Strap, though short, has hanger's heart (5)

1: Dog of old opium-eater in novel (9,6)

2: Scheme conclusion for jet set (5)

4: A grain or a nut (5)

5: Biblical refugee, American flower (5)

6: Study a French instrument - it's a puzzle (9)

7: About....about right? Wrong! (3)

8: Princess's fantasy leads to loss of innocence. (15)

10: Call for help oddly stops (3)

15: Article missing from European's sources (5)

16: Go up cedar's first branch (5)

17: Open present yonder (4,5)

22: Just conservative (5)

23: 500 = 100 + 0 - that's entertainment! (5)

24: Consumed and digested tea (3)

25: High-carb food starts to provide a significant training advantage (5)

26: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)