1: California owl sounds like being in a partnership of sorts? (7)
2: Tender translator of runes (5)
3: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)
4: One of the fishes fights (7)
5: Greek city - in the Adriatic or in Thessaly (7)
6: One who takes after beggarman (5)
7: Globe's automobile award (5)
8: Rams try beating hounds to death (7)
12: Rapidity with which heat's dissipated (5)
14: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)
16: Do as I say in short retreat (5)
17: You audibly ram partner (3)
18: Protection for vehicles on dangerous deliveries (7)
19: Refuse to reveal how old clothes are (7)
20: Hesitation before a certain deletion (7)
22: Remain distraught about initially rowdy sailor (7)
24: Jack's described part of a church (5)
25: Articles in 'Divers Times' (5)
26: Airship loose after opening bombardment (5)
29: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)