2: An animal which flies high but comes back for a place to wash (7)

4: Organ is stable until the end (5)

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

9: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)

11: Diminutive fellow had a big job in the final. (5)

14: Horse eating western mountain ash (5)

15: Roman light and gold found in Egyptian town. (5)

16: Please get tough about rising average temperature (9)

18: So the ref stands by score, after ejecting a couple of starters (9)

21: Small change comes back as recurring fluctuations (5)

23: Express joy in slaughter (5)

25: Heartbreak land (5)

26: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

27: T.V. picture is said to produce an image that's larger than life. (9)

29: Alcohol and tobacco - they can get a grip on you, we hear (5)

30: Mean a favourite defensive work (7)

1: Sound measure when Bec lied badly (7)

2: Throw out faulty nib (3)

3: Later round without an opponent (3)

4: Roman light and gold found in Egyptian town. (5)

5: Followers shown uprising in some unit erection (7)

7: Watch, say (7)

8: Our Foreign Minister embraced German, and in his own country (4,5)

10: Turn over extra-strange IRS filing (3,6)

12: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

13: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

17: Reconcile with youngster running around at church (5,2)

18: Manservant returns at four in Mideast city (3 4)

19: Nothing we have to pay (3)

20: Wander around inside territory (3)

22: Italian gentlemen's token or piece of silver (7)

24: Dreadful shade rules the Underworld. (5)

27: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

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