1: Backblock not all there (3)
3: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)
8: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)
9: Plays without a wee measure of drinks (5)
11: Leaf in fancy plate (5)
12: Finally nuts, Im crazy for cow (9)
13: Articles in 'Divers Times' (5)
14: Strap, though short, has hanger's heart (5)
15: Chosen few travelled on with conductor (9)
18: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)
19: Drive carefully and live (5)
20: Something useful - like a matching collection? (5)
22: Came back on a diet anew and wasted away (9)
24: Drive off returning outcast (5)
25: Drinker taking pint from wife, perhaps (5)
26: No one told sister (3)
27: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)
28: Without it, set call for recompense (3)