The answers include some members of a group, described by 5 (3 words, one of them an abbreviation). The significance of the title should be clear when the solution is complete. One solution is an abbreviation.
| 1 | George sends military aircraft to north, around tree (10) |
| 7 | Dance cut short by James (and Sarah too, apparently) (4) |
| 9 | Noah is right - right about Benjamin (8) |
| 10 | Customer's charge on property in Connecticut (6) |
| 11 | A king who ruled in Camelot or Chester (6) |
| 12 | One who chooses, whether using his head or not (8) |
| 13 | Little devil in residence at Blenheim Palace (3) |
| 14 | Capone takes in returned empty weapon without care for good or evil (6) |
| 16 | Spinning garbage with silver-covered tin (8) |
| 17 | Rickety pails Joe made into heaps (8) |
| 20 | James, leader of men, outlined new role of Europeans, initially (6) |
| 22 | Terrorists found in a Rhode Island retreat? (3) |
| 23 | Dancing feet, dead beat (8) |
| 24 | He puts our clubs into our hands (6) |
| 26 | Donator of books found in bedrooms (6) |
| 27 | Vilest animal houses toured by Nathan (8) |
| 28 | William, fat after tea, we hear? Just the reverse! (4) |
| 29 | Dwight's found where one is confused (10) |
| 2 | 16 of characters which could make 27 in States (7) |
| 3 | Rough pot - that's about right (6) |
| 4 | Breathing hole - it's on right and left after reorganisation (7) |
| 5 | See preamble |
| 6 | Jewellery permitted after kiss and cuddle (7) |
| 7 | University where Naseem Hamed, perhaps, is overweight? (9) |
| 8 | Abraham's car (7) |
| 15 | Teddy's cunning ploy heard by railroad in Vermont (9) |
| 18 | After a small readjustment, Mercia borders a region governed by 5 (7) |
| 19 | Powerful in past or future, perhaps (7) |
| 20 | Sore's attached to James (7) |
| 21 | Manage like a bishop? (7) |
| 25 | A Spanish friend makes a French one leave (5) |