Solving time not noted, think it was about 20 minutes. After a hectic week I didn't get to this until Wednesday or Thursday on the train, and I remember struggling a bit on the top half.
| Across | |
| 1 | REVISIT - REVIS(e) (swot briefly) + I.T. (computerised facilities). |
| 5 | DESPAIR - PA (the old man) inside DESIRE (lust) minus E for energy. |
| 9 | FACTORIAL - cryptic definition, "!" being the symbol for a factorial in mathematics. |
| 10 | AFOOT - A (one) + FOOT (part of a yard). |
| 11 | MORNING PRAYER - (Person marrying)*, without the S for second. |
| 13 | OVERSEAS - O(ld) + VERSES (poem maybe) around A(pril). |
| 15 | HAREEM - hidden inside "posh are embarassed". |
| 17 | SPRING - SPARING (frugal), minus the A. |
| 19 | TALESMEN - TALES (lies) + MEN (fellows). New word for me, and my last one in. |
| 22 | RIGHT-THINKING - double definition, the second a bit chestnutty. |
| 25 | IDLER - I'D (I had) + ER (hesitation) around L(earner). |
| 26 | INVIOLATE - IN (at home) + VIOL (old musical instrument) + ATE (had). |
| 27 | GERMANE - GERMAN (speaker of foreign language) + E(nglish). |
| 28 | LUSHEST - LUST (passion) around SHE (novel by H. Rider Haggard), i.e. passion full of novel, the opposite of the wordplay in the clue. |
| Down | |
| 1 | RAFT - CRAFT (creative activity) without the C. |
| 2 | VICOMTE - VICE (wickedness) around OMIT (miss), without the I. |
| 3 | STOUR - TOUR (trip) with S(chool) in front. |
| 4 | TRINIDAD - TRAD (jazz) around I (one) + DIN (awful noise) reversed. |
| 5 | DELUGE - GULL (bird) minus the last letter, reversed inside DEE (river). |
| 6 | STAIRCASE - A1 (excellent) inside (actress)*. |
| 7 | ANODYNE - ANNE (woman) around BODY (organisation) without the first letter. |
| 8 | RETIREMENT - (Re-enter MIT)* |
| 12 | CONSERVING - CON (criminal) + SERVING (in a menial role). |
| 14 | SANATORIA - SATORI (enlightenment in Buddhism) around AN, plus A (article). |
| 16 | CARNIVAL - I (one) + V(ery) inside CARNAL (sexual). |
| 18 | REGULAR - double definition. |
| 20 | MAGNATE - A G(ood) N(ame) inside MATE (chum). |
| 21 | SHRINE - R (rex or regina) inside SHINE (glitter). |
| 23 | IRONS - double definition. |
| 24 | NEWT - NET (snare) around W(ith). |