Across
1 French pair with James Brown classic, shaking rear-ends: a theatrical device (4,2,7)
8 Greedy, demanding star flipped (4)
9 Sweet caught by hacking at tree? (7,3)
10 English financiers beheaded communist (6)
11 Originally Byzantium, a sunlit resort? (8)
12 Draws symbol involving face of Malcolm X (5,4)
16 ‘By ear?’ ‘By ear.’ ‘By mouth!’ (4)
17 Siberian city? No time for Siberian city! (4)
18 Group chant, ganglions atingle (9)
23 Von Rompuy etc’s sad bleatings wasting time (8)
24 Clumsy poetic angler might announce this (6)
26 Style of gown with crumpled ermine pile (6-4)
27 Money invested in neuroscience (4)
28 Come to our gigs: dancing and a bit of philosophy (6,4,3)
Down
1 Morse, say, imbibing a French drink, reveals genius (2,5)
2 One from France superior to two from Italy? Inappropriate (5)
3 Old-time Catholic customs, offering indulgences (7)
4 Leaderless regiment bungled encounter (7)
5 Feature with topaz, vacuous floral design (6)
6 Largely popular officer (2,7)
7 Typical: USA messed up twice, then left (2,5)
13 Relaxed with a piece of cake before departure (4-5)
14 Ionise oddly, creating connections (3)
15 In turn, oddly missing sister (3)
17 Candid note about amateur attempt to amuse (4-3)
19 Encourage erection of Ulster steeple (7)
20 Travel on horse, holding poem, to deliver brick (4,3)
21 Casinos: Trump taking a cut; it’s bogus (7)
22 PM with outfit, they say, to achieve success (4,2)
25 Clears ice, reportedly (5)
