Times 25501

I really struggled to get going on this one having lost confidence in my solving skills almost immediately because I started by looking at the four 3-letter clues and only managed to crack one of them. It was a long hard slog from start to finish and took me 68 minutes. Having now blogged it I'm really not sure what the problem was as it's all perfectly fair with nothing to quibble about, but it didn't grab my attention and inspire my enthusiasm for the solve like yesterday's cracker, and the fact that I can't find anything to say in the blog other than to explain how the clues work would seem to reflect this. I've added a few definitions today where I thought they might not be apparent
* = anagram

Across
1	HARD PASTE - RD (way), PA (old man) inside HASTE (rush). I didn’t know this term for the substance used in porcelain making.
6	RASTA - A,TSAR (ruler) reversed
9	TAPIOCA - (Old CAPITAl)* Definition: pudding maker
10	GROWN-UP - WiNe inside GROUP (family) [As an aside, can anyone suggest why the W and N I formatted here in red appear in black when I Save Entry and view it in Firefox, whereas in other browsers, including on my android phone, they are in red as formatted? I work in Firefox as I blog and they display correctly in red until I click Save.]
11	HOOKE - HOOKEr. Robert Hooke has a law named after him.
12	TWO-HANDER - (WHO DAREN'T)*. A play with only two actors.
14	FAT - A inside FT (paper)
15	DIRECT DEBIT - DIRECT (show), 1 in DEBT (i.e. one owing money)
17	INCORPOREAL - IN (popular), then OR (men) x 2 inside PLACE*
19	BID - Double definition
20	HEARTFELT - HEAR (judge), LEFT (sinister) reversed, Tories
22	GRAZE - Sounds like "greys" (colours)
24	FACTION - Following,ACTION (effect)
26	AMNESIA - (SEAMAN I)*
27	LILLE - ILL (poorly) inside LE (the, Parisian)
28	PRECEDENT - Professor, CEDE (grant) inside RENT (payment)
Down
1	HITCH - Double definition
2	RAPPORT - RAP (monologue), PORT (drink)
3	PROVENDER - PROVEN (shown), RED (wine) reversed
4	STARTER HOME - STARTER (old crank), HOME (in)
5	EGG - Hidden and reversed. Definition: nit
6	RIOJA - RIO (port), JAr (glass of beer)
7	SAND DAB - SAND (smooth), DAB (light stroke)
8	ASPIRATED - (PARADISE losT)*. Definition: started to say hell
13	ORCHESTRATE - RiCHEST (the most sumptuous) inside ORATE (make speech)
14	FRIGHTFUL - Fall (after everybody left), RIGHTFUL (just)
16	DILIGENCE - Double definition
18	CHANCEL - CHANCE (opening), Line. Definition: where choir sings hymn
19	BRASSIE - BRA (supporter), ScotS , IE (that is)
21	TRIPE - Time, RIPE (ready)
23	EXACT - EX,ACT (law)
25	NIP - PIN (stick) reversed