The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28268

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American tug YANK
Be leader of school group, finding source of river HEADSTREAM
Character on staff in bicycle factory CLEF
Comparison made by petulant judge before new church cross-reference
Complex woman’s chosen academician ELECTRA
Diabolically his vacillating stops amiable Republican leaving FIENDISHLY
Eminent politician, say, cutting shrubs on island elder statesman
Everyone turns up? Not at all — that’s plain LLANO
Extremely savvy academic backing church council SYNOD
Fixes high-backed benches SETTLES
Free, but worried by old ruse, we hear EXTRICATE
Host reading out a couple of letters EMCEE
Little bird, one moving around Baltic capital BUDGERIGAR
Main old container touring east OCEAN
Clues Answers
Musical interlude Verdi composed: it’s transmitted around Maine DIVERTISSEMENT
Officer surrounded by mounds of sand on southern headland DUNGENESS
Physicist gets back, carrying article for monarch henry the second
Play for cash, initially beside Welsh river BUSK
Sadly pensive husband leaving game, for unhurried lunch, primarily WISTFUL
Series of changes demanding energy on bike? life cycle
Sluggishness of one on illegal drug in train, tripping INERTIA
Solitary responsibility welcomed by Europeans EREMITE
Specific time tiny fellow meets daughter WEEKEND
Stage work the writer’s penning finally about worker OPERATIVE
Steering equipment made from hard wood HELM
Unfeeling Cockney lacking skill, we hear? ARTLESS
Unmanageable soldiers, spanner finally thrown in works REFRACTORY
What we learn by securing established award ROSETTE