27 a assume control and show one around (4,4) t?l?o?e? must be talk over but that's much too mild for assume control so it should be take over but that would make 24d "I held wrong capital" not Delhi....
ft 15662 23a former president scrapping romney's mission e?r?n? if errand = mission it must be this way: all former presidents are err as in to err is expected and romney's mission was N.A.D....
26d rich french scoff ignoring revolutionary spirit (4) ?r?? must be brie, it scoffs at cheddar by ignoring the revolutionary che 30a combative throwback uneasy in company (6) ???s?y must be feisty...
18d hood, muffler on one (8) ???r?a?e carriage? it has a hood and a muffler (or at least mine used to) and leonard carriage was a notorious hoodlum who muffled snitches in horrible ways 19a wheel...
16d he gives things away - but is not admired for it (5) ?n?a? Does a sneak give things away? anwar gave things away. my aunt ennas gave it away but she was admired...
21a Fair target for shy person (7)__c_n_t coconut? At a country fair people shy beanbags at the clown target and coconut is synonymous with US president? 21d Subject of legendary royal waves (7)...
24dn Funny business with farmhouse victims (5) COMIC - business = CO, but how does 'farmhouse victims' give MIC? 22dn Polish, perhaps, or not, by the sound of it (6) _E_I_H 21dn Spoke out in broadcast...
27a penny's splendid spread (8) ?r?p?i?g. so obviously dripping if that only meant spread. dripping could spread disease (in more than one sense). or wrapping or worst erupting...
1a idiot happy with parking in force (6) m?p?e?. muppet? the idiot is a mut, p is parking, pe is the force of phys ed. or force indicates that we must force ourselves to accept such answer 5d...
5d forget to order vermouth (4) o?i? perhaps it's omit and an order of vermouth makes one vomit 26d an island heaven, it's said (4) ???e if it's Skye the clue should have been heaven when drunk 27a...
11,12 sweet little solution thwarts big business operation; nothing special about winning (9,5)
?e??????? ?????. how can there be nothing special about winning?...
11a. dispose of green light for house (5) b?n?o. if we dispose of the green we have a red light house -- a place for the bunco squad. or for people who cannot tell bingo from roulette the house...
30a. black hole in wall starts to alarm nervous attendants (6) ?a?m?n is it salmon, salmon Cassidy the black brother of butch of the famous hole in the wall gang, was notoriously nervous
2d atmosphere created by girl blowing top (4) a?r? .
now fairy fairly fits but do we offend calling them girls, remember iolanthe had a 17-year-old and is it worse to call madre girl?...