1: Adult party to entertain disheartened women (5-2)
2: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)
3: There is no commoner old coin (5)
4: Fuss over band amounts to worshipping! (7)
5: They occupy the space of many workers (7)
6: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)
7: Belated top-and-tailing to gladden one's heart (5)
8: Moscow politician revolting in style (7)
14: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)
17: Worthless even when recycled (3)
18: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)
19: Make known one pound increase after high school (7)
20: Adulterates by adding acid perhaps? (7)
21: Bring salvation to despised, rejected (7)
22: I left terminus, breaking a bone (7)
24: Pilot sometimes sounded more irritated (5)
25: Lacking energy, no Tech win (5)
27: German painter in a southern state (5)
28: and 15 Novel alternative excised from huge spits (5,12)