Lots of anagrams, but all very smooth!
Across
- 1
- Unfortunately hotel is very unfriendly (7)
HOSTILE — anagram (unfortunately) of HOTEL IS - 5
- Bad pirates trudge (7)
TRAIPSE — anagram (bad) of PIRATES - 9
- Aussie singer and model talk inside (5)
DELTA — hidden inside moDEL TAlk - 10
- Tiny measurement meant reno was bungled (9)
NANOMETRE — anagram (bungled) of MEANT RENO - 11
- Insignificant sounds after I feed inquisitive bird (5,5)
NOISY MINER — homophone of MINOR (insignificant) after I inside NOSY (inquisitive) - 12
- Wager assumes a defeat (4)
BEAT — A inside BET (wager) - 14
- Occasionally, events of yore reimagined (5,2,5)
EVERY SO OFTEN — anagram (reimagined) of EVENTS OF YORE - 18
- Undesirables eat barbarian for breakfast (5,3,4)
BACON AND EGGS — CONAN (barbarian) inside BAD EGGS (undesirables) - 21
- Surround sound (4)
RING — double def. - 22
- Seems miser redesigned entrances (10)
MESMERISES — anagram (redesigned) of SEEMS MISER - 25
- Ruthlessly cut back big industry testing (9)
EXAMINING — reversal (back) of AXE (ruthlessly cut), MINING (big industry) - 26
- Sampled the range in eating delicious starters (5)
TRIED — first letters of The Range In Eating Delicious - 27
- Horse feeder understands verbal backchat (4,3)
NOSE BAG — homophone of KNOWS (understands), then reversal (back) of GAB (chat) - 28
- Crowds right into beachwear (7)
THRONGS — R (right) inside THONGS (beachwear)
Down
- 1
- Hushing up hammering (6)
HIDING — double def. - 2
- Second Ferrell movie: that is me on film? (6)
SELFIE — S (second) ELF (Ferrell movie) IE (that is) - 3
- Touring in teeny van regardless (2,3,5)
IN ANY EVENT — anagram (touring) of IN TEENY VAN - 4
- Even keen end up in boredom (5)
ENNUI — even letters of kEeN eNd Up In - 5
- Teens seen transforming US state (9)
TENNESSEE — anagram (transforming) of TEENS SEEN - 6
- Points at sloth with odd mask (4)
AIMS — AI (sloth) with odd letters of MaSk - 7
- I bug rising specialists and those being treated (8)
PATIENTS — reversal (rising) of I TAP (bug), ENTS (specialists) - 8
- Voting in building, switching right to left (8)
ELECTING — ErECTION (building), r (right) -> L (left) - 13
- Spooner's one incorrectly quoting composer (10)
SONGWRITER — Spoonerism of WRONG CITER - 15
- Trended when dropping fringe band depiction (9)
RENDERING — tRENDEd without outside letters, RING (band) - 16
- Wild bear finds its home outside English or Scottish city (8)
ABERDEEN — anagram (wild) of BEAR, DEN (its home) outside E (English) - 17
- Disgraces company head in summer shoes (8)
SCANDALS — C (first letter of company) inside SANDALS (summer shoes) - 19
- Leo's one chasing top marks for set task (6)
ASSIGN — SIGN (Leo's one) after AS (top marks) - 20
- Confidential remarks for best teams (6)
ASIDES — cryptic def. - 23
- May's power (5)
MIGHT — double def. - 24
- Bumping head, scale branch (4)
LIMB — cLIMB without first letter