1: Happy faces disturb economist (9)
 2: Raw material for Swedish coins (3)
 3: One may be a very long time (3)
 4: Is Asian holy man sinning in Asian capital? (9)
 5: Where transport is provided by chopper (5)
 6: Squirrel with a fuzzy caterpillar, say? (5)
 7: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)
 8: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)
 12: One segment of recording is a kind of poem (7)
 13: Start reorganizing notes (5)
 14: True one hiding along the way (2,5)
 17: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)
 18: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)
 19: Tradesman confined in nurses embrace (9)
 22: Tippecanoe is home to a nut (5)
 23: Witticism provided theme (5)
 24: Away sick and lifeless (5)
 26: Odds of niece being born (3)
 28: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)