7a. Not blab about grain-store sacking on comeback campaign (9) -------L-.
17a, Contemporary poet could take a break, not mark time (5) --R-S.
Struggling today...........
6a. Something to keep a lid on bonds, barring a pitfall (9) --I-S-R--.
4d. Cocktail spread? For the last two, cheers! (9) --R---I--.
3d. In Arabic, the injunction for a martyr (5) --B--....
13d. US surgeon's instrument about to penetrate wound (5) C-RE-. 19a. Foreign characters who once did menial tasks in Japan? (4) E-A-. 24d. Kimono of precious material associated with Japanese...
28a. British king is one of eight walking upstairs (7) ----A-D. 9d. Alcoholic drink in one cask knocked over (4) NIP-. 17d. Dreamtimes construed as real, enthralling children (8) ALC---AS. 15d. A...