1 Core of weightiness makes fan greet victory differently (6,2,7) CENTRE OF GRAVITY - Core of weightiness (def) from anagram of (differently) FAN GREET VICTORY 9 Brandish weapon before disturbance caused by ship (3,4) BOW WAVE - disturbance caused by ship (def) from wave (Brandish) BOW (weapon before) 10 Short peer with scar to allocate for specific purpose (7) EARMARK - to allocate for specific purpose (def) from EAR(l) (Short peer) with MARK (scar) 11 Belief setter's getting the point (3) ISM - Belief (def) from IM (setter's=setter is) around S (getting the point) 12 Audience tracks financial records of events (5,6) AUDIT TRAILS - financial records of events (def) from AUDIT (Audience) TRAILS (tracks) 13 Having no access to main territory, shut up (9) LANDLOCKED - Having no access to main=sea (def) from LAND (territory) LOCKED (shut up) 15 Girl gets one in goal (4) ENID - Girl (def) from I (one) in END (goal) 18 Get toupee following haircut's finale (4) TWIG - Get (def) from WIG (toupee) following T (haircut's finale) 20 Menu motels presented differently for payments (10) EMOLUMENTS - payments (def) from anagram (presented differently) of MENU MOTELS 23 Recite stats about ladies with wills (11) TESTATRICES - ladies with wills (def) from anagram (about) of RECITE STATS 25 Apache leader conceals letter from Athens (3) CHI - letter from Athens (def) contained in (conceals) coCHIse (Apache leader) 26 Period growing up for male, lad with gangster (7) BOYHOOD - Period growing up for male (def) from BOY (lad) with HOOD (gangster) 27 Against old American holding one German about oxygen-depleted blood (7) VEINOUS - about oxygen-depleted blood (def) from V (Against=versus) O (old) US (American) holding EIN (one German) 28 Lack of certainty one must always keep quiet (3,5,3,4) YOU NEVER CAN TELL - Lack of certainty (def) one must always keep quiet (def) 1 Taxi hired to carry port is horse-drawn carriage (9) CABRIOLET - horse-drawn carriage (def) from CAB (Taxi) LET (hired) to carry RIO (port) 2 Reporters fresh pieces about capital of Switzerland (7) NEWSMEN - Reporters (def) from NEW (fresh) MEN (pieces) about S (capital of Switzerland) 3 Interesting to study blood group with split lens (8) READABLE - Interesting (def) from READ (to study) AB (blood group) with LE (split lens) 4 Continuously working target (2,3) ON END - Continuously (def) from ON (working) END (target) 5 Emigre at sea legitimately holds government approval (5,4) GREAT SEAL - government approval (def) contained in (holds) EmiGRE AT SEA Legitimately 6 Goddess of distinctive character bearing gold (6) AURORA - Goddess (def) from AURA (distinctive character) bearing OR (gold) 7 Writer moved quickly with Scotsman to expose one from Tabriz, perhaps (7) IRANIAN - one from Tabriz, perhaps (def) from I (Writer) RAN (moved quickly) with IAN (Scotsman) 8 Young president's expression of alarm (5) YIKES - expression of alarm (def) from Y (Young) IKES (president's) 14 Eccentric connection to university (9) CAMBRIDGE - university (def) from CAM (Eccentric) BRIDGE (connection to) 16 Discharge said to run down prayer book (9) DISMISSAL - Discharge(def) from DIS (homophone (said) of DISS (to run down) MISSAL (prayer book) 17 Issuance of online task? (8) EMISSION - Issuance (def) from E (online) MISSION (task) 19 Hubble interrogate solver looking for sympathy (1,3,3) I ASK YOU - looking for sympathy (def) from I (Hubble) ASK (interrogate) YOU (solver) 21 Pleasant individual's statement of approval (4,3) NICE ONE - statement of approval (def) from NICE (Pleasant) ONE (individual) 22 Abundance of metal in blood (6) GALORE - Abundance (def) from AL (metal) in GORE (blood) 23 Key beside cat (5) TABBY - cat (def) from TAB (Key) BY (beside) 24 About a citizen going up and down (5) CIVIC - About a citizen going up and down (def) CIVIC is a palindrome