Across:
1. The French work with aged bishop, weaver, and hero of Ulysses (7 5)
8. Disregard broken leg in Tyneside court (7)
9. Greek character’s deer accepts new horse (7)
11. Suggest washed roof is crumbling! (10)
12. 11 one leaving home (4)
14. Crooked journalist I had led after cuts (8)
16. Wizard, not at home, gets books and wine (6)
17. Physician is cold after party (3)
19. Music producer broke toes carrying queen (6)
21. Reg cycles in beforehand for tea (4 4)
24. Work by river with mate (4)
25. The greatest one took vessel before festival (10)
27. Spicy joke written by chap (7)
28. Smack one Greek character somewhere in Japan (7)
29. Decisive factors upset tradesmen in time (12)
Down:
1. Part of game plan to mix great LP (3 4)
2. Surpasses past throws without number (10)
3. Old lawman’s thick head got exposed outside (8)
4. Plum for mother’s boy (6)
5. Girl's sword’s slashed away! (4)
6. Hello, ran over, partly backwards, to get up! (2 1 4)
7. Fool’s new pole collapses in a single strike (3 4 5)
10. Dirty gear Pam reassembled in ancient monument (5 7)
13. Somewhere in Kent heavyweight gets the boot! (10)
15. Female in old Tokyo is confused (3)
18. Monk’s uniform top initially is by bottom of the face (8)
20. Wide range of utensils found in river (7)
22. Old widows – about 51 – caught by Eliot (7)
23. Returning scholar has time to catch bird (6)
26. Start to explore plot first with old historian (4)
Solution:
==LEOPOLDBLOOM=
O=E=V=U=A=A=N==
NEGLECT=MUSTANG
E=T=R=D=S=S=R=R
FORESHADOW=BODE
E=A=H=T=N=W=L=A
LOPSIDED=MERLOT
L===N=DOC=L===P
STEREO=EARLGREY
W=X=S=B=P=I=E=R
OPPO=SATURNALIA
O=A=B=N=C=G=I=M
PUNGENT=HITACHI
==S=D=A=I=O=T=D
=DETERMINANTS==
Name: Puzzle 492
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. LE (= The French) OP (= work) OLD (= aged) B(ishop) LOOM (= weaver)
8. NE (= Tyneside) GLE (anag leg)(anagrind = broken) CT (= court)
9. MU (= Greek character) STA [N(ew)] G (= deer)
11. FORESHADOW (anag washed roof)(anagrind = is crumbling)
12. [-A (= one)] BODE (= one leaving home)  11 = 11across
14. LOPS (= cuts) ID (= I had) ED (= journalist)
16. MERL [-IN (= at home)] OT (= books)
17. DO (= party) C(old)
19. ST [ER (= queen) EO (anag toes)(anagrind = broke)
21. EARL [GRE (anag Reg)(anagrind = cycles)] Y (= beforehand)
24. OP (= Work) PO (= river)
25. SAT (= took) URN (= vessel) ALI (= The greatest) A (= one)
27. PUN (= joke) GENT (= chap)
28. HIT (= Smack) A (= one) CHI (= Greek character)
29. DETERMINANTS (anag tradesmen in t(ime))(anagrind = upset)
Annos-Down:
1. LEG TRAP (anag great LP)(anagrind = mix)
2. OVER (= past) SHI [N(umber)] ES (= throws)
3. OUT [DA (= lawman) T(hick)] ED (= exposed)
4. DAM (= mother) SON (= boy)
5. [-CUT (= slashed)] LASS (= sword)
6. Hidden in wordplay reversed
7. ONE FELL SWOOP (anag Fool's new pole)(anagrind = collapses)
10. GREAT PYRAMID (anag Dirty gear Pam)(anagrind = reassembled)
13. WELLING (= Somewhere in Kent) TON (= heavyweight)
15. DOE [anag EDO (= old Tokyo)](anagrind = is confused)
18. CAP (= top) U(niform) CHIN (= bottom of the face)
20. EX [PANS (= utensils)] E (= river)
22. RE (= about) LI (= 51) C(aught) TS (= Eliot)
23. [MA (= scholar) T(ime) NAB (= catch)] all reversed
26. BED (= plot) E(xplore)
Defs-Across:
1. hero of Ulysses
8. Disregard
9. horse
11. Suggest
12. 11
14. Crooked
16. wine
17. Physician
19. Music producer
21. tea
24. mate
25. festival
27. Spicy
28. somewhere in Japan
29. Decisive factors
Defs-Down:
1. Part of game plan
2. Surpasses
3. Old
4. Plum
5. Girl
6. up
7. a single strike
10. ancient monument
13. the boot
15. Female
18. Monk
20. Wide range
22. Old widows
23. bird
26. old historian