1: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

3: Big Bird: 'Apologies--getting a late start' (5)

6: Authority, for example (sic) (3-2)

9: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

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

11: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

12: Reportedly, looked at sea serpent as exemplar (5)

15: Stranger, in turn, had an accident (3-3-3)

16: Spices clubs (5)

17: Guided into the West (2,3)

19: Zilch sent off for veal cutlet (9)

21: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

23: I shall be sick! (3)

24: Too old for love - a woman, for example, rejected (7)

26: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

27: Pitchers were transported south (5)

28: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

29: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

1: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

2: Head of the Venetians bagging dead duck (5)

3: Correspondence with meal I cooked (5)

4: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

5: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

6: I left terminus, breaking a bone (7)

7: Cycles within easy earshot (5)

8: Cull out from top ten (3)

13: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

14: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

18: Excitedly saw open arms (7)

20: The cow may do this in the local veterinary yard (5)

21: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)

22: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)

23: Anger that is constraining response (3)

25: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)