1: Chief among any political disorder (7)
8: Usually regret about loss follows start of stint in AA (2,1,4)
9: Makes a comment about trendy vice (5, 2)
11: Quasimodos intuition? (5)
12: Beat outright a small French romantic (5)
13: Drongo lacks even a pet (3)
14: A month's work for a denizen of the deep (7)
16: Particular esteem (7)
17: Who has exploded about G having a lot of rubbish? (7)
20: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)
23: Throw out faulty nib (3)
24: Against space race effect (5)
26: War or piecemeal missile (5)
27: Company strongly recommend: after first scolding, apply the whip! (7)
28: Done any revision? It's dull (7)
29: Rambling tales are out of date (5)
30: Roomers include one in camp shelter to the south (7)