Solutions for Crossword No. 2. All of these have been posted under the comments section of Crossword No.2 by various solvers. Here's a consolidated version, with the grid. Will try to come up with the next one sometime early October.

1 F

E

2 D

E

3 R

A

4 L

5 W

R

6 A

I

7 T

H

8 S

R

E

E

I

A

L

R

C

9 E

A

S

Y

C

H

A

I

R

10 P

L

I

E

R

E

I

R

I

H

S

T

E

11 D

I

G

R

E

S

S

I

O

N

12 C

E

D

E

O

N

A

E

R

13 D

N

14 M

O

I

E

T

Y

15 A

S

P

E

R

16 O

U

S

N

I

17 D

E

C

U

18 R

E

G

I

O

N

A

L

19 S

A

U

R

O

20 N

A

N

R

21 M

N

S

A

22 C

H

23 A

P

24 D

I

S

A

U

G

M

E

N

T

C

D

25 I

N

K

U

L

A

26 O

R

I

O

N

27 G

L

E

N

L

I

V

E

T

O

E

C

L

U

A

E

O

28 N

A

U

G

H

T

Y

29 P

E

R

U

S

E

R

Across

1. Without hesitation, tennis ace joins gangster to become a Yankee (7)

FEDERAL: {FEDERER –er + Al}

5. This war breaks spirits (7)

WRAITHS {THIS WAR*}

9. Chaise Ray reassembled for comfortable seating (4,5)

EASY CHAIR {CHAISE RAY *}

10. Worker left in dock (5)

PLIER: {P {L} IER}

11. Deviate particle aside (10)

DIGRESSION: {DIGRESS} {ION}

12. Return without sappers and yield (4)

CEDE: {reCEDE –re}

14. Portion about half your time (6)

MOIETY: {YOur TIME *}

15. Losing head, the friendly ghost of old America becomes rough (8)

ASPEROUS: {cASPER} {O} {US}

18. This type of pain typically occurs at one spot (8)

REGIONAL: [CD]

19. Son took in gold, a bit of radium and he forged rings (6)

SAURON: {S {AU} {R} ON}

22. Chantry loses Spanish fellow (4)

CHAP {CHAPel –el}

24. Diminish lady’s raise (10)

DISAUGMENT {DIS} {AUGMENT}

26. Constellation or electrically charged atom ? (5)

ORION {OR} {ION}

27. Get Nevill to blend scotch (9)

GLENLIVET {GET NEVILL *}

28. Blue city borders on nothing (7)

NAUGHTY: {N {AUGHT} Y}

29. Scrutiniser for every customer (7)

PERUSER: {PER} {USER}

Down

1. Release from consuming weed nipped at the top (7)

FREEDOM: {FR {EED} OM}

2. Wily engineer ordered gin (8)

DESIGNING {DESIGN} {GIN *}

3. About original entertainment (10)

RECREATION {RE} {CREATION}

4.  Mediate to get one into another aisle (6)

LIAISE {AISLE * taking in I}

5. Veteran steed (8)

WARHORSE [DD]

6. Pals wandering in mountains (4)

ALPS: {PALS *}

7. Routine time watch (5)

TRITE: {T} {RITE}

8. Checks shutters (7)

SCREENS [DD]

13. Ten sided clan argued hysterically (10)

DECANGULAR: {CLAN ARGUED *}

16. Ones to blame for one’s own mistakes (9)

OURSELVES [CD]

17. Drunken lady boxes jewelry in an adventurous manner (8)

DARINGLY: {LADY* taking in RING}

18. Animal ran outside cricket club of Oxfordshire initially (7)

RACCOON: {RA {C} {C} {O} {O} N}

20. Swimmer, storyteller, swapped car for another (7)

NATATOR: {NARRATOR –rr + t}

21. Cosmetic texture (6)

MAKEUP [DD]

23. Farewell, a privilege we hear (5)

ADIEU: {A} {~DUE}

25. Advance a small amount (4)

INCH [DD]