IX

[Saarang 2008, Crossword Finale, Grid 2]

1*, Circumambulate the instrument without stopping (6, 3, 5)
2, ABC's in red must stir (9)
3, Scarlet duo run up dropping ring in lactic gland (5)
4, Seat the presiding officer under a pack of cards. (4, 5)
5, Poles had trouble with workers. (5)
6, Puma to cure the medic inside place of worship (9)
7, Circumnavigate, else scrap (5)
8*, Foolishly peeks with monarch at the custodians (7)
9, Incongruous press! 99 at the bottom. (6)
10, Made afresh, dried afresh. (5)
11, Police officer at prisoner's array of data. (9)
12*, Magnum Erica keeps for dealing with digits (7)
13, Phantasm crept uneasily in the quarter. (7)
14, To fancy nickels and dimes yields the faultfinder (5)
15, Laughing stick going round thundering Thor. (9)
16, They assert terrible fears about business house (9)
17, Mercenary swimmer in the country. (9)
18, They aren't compulsory to pick four points. (9)
19A, Sermon on the princess' part of the meal. (9)
19D, Badly said pledge to deny association. (7)
20, Reportedly escapes the vegetables (5)
21, American coming up on long sleeping position. (6)
22, Apparition finally modifies ranges. (7)
23, English name has purpose, we hear, to get recruited. (5)
24, Comrade stuck in tsunami got suffocated (5)
25, Brighten faint state (5, 2)
26, Turn right to obtain body circumference (5)
27, Vivid red pest's tail eaten by the big cat. (9)
28, Rant about new black bird (5)
29, Bird gone gaga with novelist on silly quest (4, 5, 5)

* clued by NDK