The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27959

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Clues Answers
A page of baseless, false old stories aesops fables
A villain tailed by Sherlock, ultimately for sport kabaddi
Bird finally chooses this moment to cry out snowy owl
Boast pay can secure plant CROWFOOT
Daily rounds too much, having to go to North London suburb SUTTON
Dish seen in fine old dresser MACARONI
Duo I left floundering in the deep OUTFIELD
Face family, cold, having received welcome earlier GOTHIC
Family’s experiences after descending on a foreign city KINSHASA
Follow United, again in the money for winning PURSUE
Go, feeling one’s leaving for long time life sentence
Hymn from the works by European variously recalled at intervals ALLELUIA
Incumbent at first on females, one not so friendly, to relay pardon OFFICEHOLDER
Laughter about need to employ such a search? house-to-house
Clues Answers
Luxury’s endless advantage PLUS
Main unit for broadcasters opening in Yale? KEYHOLE
Name of E number originally used in topping EBENEZER
Old shipping magnate’s donkey rides? ONASSIS
Peers into vessel, bonnet having been pulled back NOBLESSE
Report of engine trouble — sponsor getting sack BACKFIRE
Reserve power needed for small cooler ice cube
Romantic piece: hit performance listened out for NOCTURNE
Run, when in better shape, at first without a stitch STARKERS
Something one might file away secure? NAIL
There’s a problem for all to see: ball trapped between rugby posts? UH-OH
Thing that’s crossed channel that is crossing river? Correct idee fixe
Trick with needle to get swelling out CONVEX
Useless little film receiving Oscar VOID