ACROSS     
1 Slaughterhouse  (7)  (Only one T)
3 Pander to.  (5) 
6 Annoy.  (8) 
8 Painful inflammation of the joints  (4)    9 Consume  (3)
10 Plural of That.  (5)
12 Travel by car.  (5)
14 Firm  (6)
16 Exclamation of disapproval  (3)
17 A bare rocky hill  (3)
18 In a state of intoxication.  (5) sl
22 ----- and mortise  (5)
24 Indian meal, literal translation "bucket"  (5)
25 Pam.  (3)  annag
26 Mary  (4) annag
27 A meagre allowance of money  (8)
28 A batch of cards won in whist  (5)
29 Slump  (7)

DOWN
1 The result of an event  (9)
2 Provisions  (6)
3 Reflective crystal used to define    carriageways  (4,3)
4 A company of actors  (5)
5 & 23  This fine publication !!!  (3,2,5)
6  Gin and --- (sixties advertising    campaign  (2)
7  Withdrew as invalid  (9)
11  A way of transmitting heat or light  (9)
13  Great or Blue for instance  (3)
15  Occur  (9)
17  A vehicle for Baked Beans  (3)
19  A "nine-iron"  (7)
20 Struck out  (7)
21  Jog the memory  (6)
23 See 5 Down
25 Myself  (2)                  Tony Coleman