Across:
1. Jockeys’ addenda (6)
4. I have followed short leader with prisoner (7)
9. Old queen gets to wash that female scholar (9)
10. Urge one politician to reject the French... (5)
11. ...Son wears nothing in France having got up (5)
12. Stop broadcast and ask a person to be miserable! (9)
13. Refines empty theory with integrity (7)
15. Not cried when dirty son left (6)
17. Lines initially spoken by brown final character at front of auditorium (6)
19. British university involved in rather banal accolade (7)
22. Flyer crashes near a pole! (9)
24. Pressure to remove uniform garment (5)
26. Cold, brash and obscure (5)
27. Ready for a swinging fox trot (2 3 4)
28. Gets all upset in final stretch (4 3)
29. Part of loss I announced named legendary Irish bard (6)
Down:
1. Royal family returns to hospital for renewal (7)
2. Takes out fruit (5)
3. Flag of a house in New Orleans? (6 3)
4. Each ape automatically holds headgear (7)
5. He wrote about islands with grace (5)
6. Spontaneous little devil has frolic with you in Paris! (9)
7. Eggheads jump into flowing Nile to get girl (6)
8. Go back inside song room (6)
14. Infamous corruption is back in debt-free surroundings! (9)
16. Strange quality drew in New England state senate leaders (9)
18. One scholar’s energy is terrific! (7)
19. Make an attempt to dine inside convention (6)
20. Denise was upset about one being brought in carefully (5 2)
21. Penny gets to clear out piece of land (6)
23. Starts to pore over documents and lectures about feet (5)
25. Music producer accepts return of little woman’s character (5)
Solution:
RIDERS==CAPTIVE
E=A=I=L=H=O=M=I
BATHSHEBA=IMPEL
I=E=I=E=P=S=R=E
RISEN=WOEBEGONE
T===G=A=A===M=N
HONESTY=UNWEPT=
==O=U=====E=T==
=STANZA=TRIBUTE
P=O===M=R=R===A
AEROPLANE=DRESS
R=I=O=Z=A=N=M=E
CLOUD=INTHEMOOD
E=U=A=N=Y=S=J=I
LASTLEG==OSSIAN
Name: Puzzle 486
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. Double Def
4. CAPT(ain) (= short leader) IVE (= I have)
9. BATH (= wash) SHE (= that female) BA (= scholar)
10. I (= one) MP (= politician) EL (= LE reversed)
11. RI [S(on)] EN (= nothing in France)
12. WOE (homophone WHOA) BEG (= ask) ONE (= a person)
13. HONES (= Refines) T(heor)Y
15. UN[-S(on)] WEPT (= dirty)
17. S(poken) TAN (= brown) Z (= final character) A(uditorium)
19. TRI [B(ritish) U(niversity)] TE (= rather banal)
22. AEROPLANE (anag near a pole)(anagrind = crashes)
24. D [-U(niform)] RESS (= Pressure)
26. C(old) LOUD (= brash)
27. Double Def
28. LAST LEG (anag Gets all)(anagrind = upset)
29. Hidden in wordplay
Annos-Down:
1. R(oyal) EBIRT (= TRIBE reversed) H(ospital)
2. Double Def
3. Double Def
4. Hidden in wordplay
5. PO [IS (= islands)] E (= He wrote)
6. IMP (= little devil) ROMP (= frolic) TU (= you in Paris)
7. EIL [E(gg) E(gg)] N (anag Nile)(anagrind = flowing)
8. L [EEW (= WEE reversed)] AY (= song)
14. NO [TOR (= ROT reversed)] IOUS (= debt-free)
16. WEIRDN (anag drew in)(anagrind = New) E(ngland) S(tate) S(enate)
18. A (= One) MA (= scholar) ZING (= energy)
19. TR [EAT (= dine)] Y (= Make an attempt)
20. E [A (= one)] SED IN (anag Denise)(anagrind = was upset)
21. P(enny) ARCEL (anag clear)(anagrind = out)
23. P(ore) O(ver) D(ocuments) A(nd) L(ectures)
25. EM [OJ (= JO reversed)] I (= Music producer)
Defs-Across:
1. Jockeys
1. addenda
4. prisoner
9. Old queen
10. Urge
11. got up
12. miserable
13. integrity
15. Not cried
17. Lines
19. accolade
22. Flyer
24. garment
26. obscure
27. Ready
27. a swinging fox trot
28. final stretch
29. legendary Irish bard
Defs-Down:
1. renewal
2. Takes out
2. fruit
3. Flag
3. a house in New Orleans?
4. headgear
5. grace
6. Spontaneous
7. girl
8. room
14. Infamous
16. Strange quality
18. terrific
19. convention
20. brought in carefully
21. piece of land
23. about feet
25. character