1, not quite a mayor but minus the man (5)
2, to pester (6)
8, a follicle sprout (4)
9, to monopolise after the enclosure (8)
11, no a male flier (8)
12, fifty before the dome (5)
13, capital city but not ornate (6,5)
16, the original actor playing barnaby in midsummer murders (7)
18, this is lovely but the second needs to change to the eighth (8)
20, Chas and Dave sang about this one (6)
23, it could spin you a yarn (6)
24, put passed for another day (8)
26, a very small pillar (7)
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30 cryptic clues answers are either sound or spelling.