10across: model sportsman with run seconds away (9) b-a-p-i-t? 20 down: like a newspaper's evening edition weather? (7) is it outcast and if so why? Thanks in advance
24 across: steer Ford car with trouble, given part of a liquid lunch? (6) o-t---? 26 across: castle entertains student class? Not in such seasons (8) r-s-m---? Thanks in advance
20 across: documents read out in high-class establishment (4) r-t-? 27 across: they followed a course for ambassador and cardinal (6) t-e-t-? Thanks in advance
8 across: in house, most exhausted, rain outside having departed (5) ---e-?
5 down: fleeting sun brings out scanty wear(6) ---e-s? 23 down: low note in brass (5) -o-l-? Lolly?? Thanks in advance...
6 down: chained so uncomfortably in custody? This could have unfortunate consequences (8,7) prisoner c-a-a-e? 19 down: in the countryside, it may be green energy (6) -e-t-e? Thanks in advance