Times 24471 – Fwightfully Fwivolous

45 minutes to solve this one though most of it was completed in 30 and I took the other 15 to sort out 18, 24,25 and 26. It was certainly a lively puzzle which I enjoyed thoroughly but once again there’s very little  to be said, though I would mention the LOL moment at 7dn which may not be to all tastes.The top half seemed easier than the bottom and a number of answers went in on definition alone leaving the wordplay to be sorted out later. 

Across
1	GOOD FOR YOU
6	SWOT – S(uccess) W(ith) O(ne-to-one) T(uition)
10	LI(TOT)ES
11	Deliberately omitted. Please ask if baffled.
12	P(RESENT)ER – PER from REP (rev)
13	Deliberately omitted. Please ask if baffled.
14	P,IOU S – IOUs for pennies.
15	ADD(RE)S,SEE  –  Corps being the Royal Engineers.
17	OFF,E(NB)ACH – “Penned by” as the enclosure indicator yet again.
20	NEUSS – Hidden inside (o)NE USS(r). I’ve travelled quite extensively in Germany but I must admit to not knowing of this city near Dusseldorf.
21	BOG,US – BOG from GOB (rev) and US meaning useless.
23	C,AMBRIDGE – C + (big dream)*. At least we were spared an Archers reference this time.
25	X(IM)E,NEZ – IM inside ZEN, EX (all rev). A reference to the Cardinal of that name in the days of the Spanish Inquisition.
26	RED,POLL
27	SKY(fin)E – The island is now connected to the mainland by a bridge. Sky meaning weather has come up before but may not be familiar to some.
28	PRO,SPEC(TU)S
Down
1	GAL,OP – OP from Pilot Officer (rev)
2	ON THE HOOF
3	FATHERS AND SONS – The novel by Turgenev.
4	RO(SET)T,A – Origin of the famous Rosetta Stone. Desperate to work in an old song title somewhere, does anyone remember Georgie Fame’s song from 1971?
5	Deliberately omitted. Please ask if baffled.
7	WHINE – May sound like “Rhine” if one has a certain speech defect. Outrageous!
8	TIGHTNESS – (This gent’s)*
9	MISS JEAN BRODIE – This refers to Muriel Spark’s novel “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and it’s an anagram of (Sir James Bond) + IE (namely). The title song of the film was nominated for Best Music, Original Song at the Oscars but failed to win it, though it did receive the Golden Globe award in the same category for its composer Rod McKuen.
14	POOR BOXES – PO(ORB)O(l) then SEX (rev)
16	SOUND POST – A hidden component of violins etc, the sound post is placed just beneath the bridge to strengthen the body
18	A,L,C(A)ZAR – I didn’t know this word for a Spanish palace.
19	HUM(ER)US
22	GA(MA)Y – Another worked out from wordplay alone. I’d not heard of this wine.
24	(h)ELLIS(h) – The island in NY harbour.