Cryptic #70 - by Symptomatic

NB: 1-across 17-down 7-down 9-across 26-across is an example of a (7) indicated by the
coloured letters.

Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1/17/7/9/26 <no
clue>
9 10
(3,5,5,3,5,4,3,4,3
)
5 Malevolent 11 12
software
heartless janitor
put into
13 14 15 16
circulation (6)
9 See 1 17 18

10 He's a knockout 19 20
kind of guy (7)
21 22
11 Pig and shark not
companions (5) 23 24 25

12 Romeo getting
stuck into Italian
26 27
dish after
greeting often
heard on stage
28 29
(3,6)
13 Full of wedges,
Cockney woman
heads inside (8)
28 One always gets backwards the inner part of
15 Smart style - into habits (6) around a lot of Thebes regularly
knockoff? (4) cities (4,5) takes up a lot of
29 Old coins found
19 Redirected habit in Wall Street (8) 7 See 1 Across space (8)
25d took - 21 Second thoughts
8 Maybe corporal
alcohol (4) Down on charity book
punishment for
20 Quietly stockpile common man? (6)
1 Twice,
jam (8) discovered die Mam doesn't 22 Wet jumper? (4)
23 He's always replaced with support it (6) 24 Tools vandalize
outstanding in fair coin (8) 10 Lost keys in the building without
his field (9) 2 License to UK (4) anvil - the
25 First saloon on conduct events 14 Eking out boxed epitome of
island nation is a held every few meal with sharp stupidity (5)
dive (5) years (9) object (5-4) 25 Female badger
26 See 1 3 Speak of club 16 That woman's (5)
quietly? No (5) uncle - a criminal
27 Something
fabricated for 4 Happy cat? (8) - is gigantic (9)
Peacemakers' 6 Man riding 17 See 1 Across
leader (7) untrained dragon 18 Abstract art by