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4 D is quite sneaky, clever. R - waiter finally, And, with, and OM, Order of Merit. Random, casual.

9 D. A triple definition of Incumbent, they're all in Chambers (clergyman, resting, and as a duty).

Captain J. Flint a fictional 18th-century pirate captain. Skin = fell

Thanks for the replies. Some new definitions for me in amongst that bunch. Ta

14a. Watch kept on deceased- one needed to fix shroud
DEADEYE

27a. Protective figure once of wood, now metal
PALLADIUM

28a One has remarkable nose for money
RHINO

29a. Hate extremely quick and neat female to drop out
DETEST

6d. Strange thing to happen at time of Gray's elegy?
NIGHTFALL

9d. Seek indirectly for a sign
FISHES

20d. Poor batsman repeatedly encouraged to run by singers
RABBIT

24d Look into reform for the serf
HELOT

Parses for the above please?

24 Helot, serf. Lo, look, inside an anagram (reform for) of The.

20 I think a poor batsman, in cricket, is called a Rabbit, and there's the song Run, Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run Run Run...

28. A rhino, animal, has a remarkable nose, rhino meaning money is a crossword stalwart..

Cheers Malone.
Any takers for the other parses in that bunch?

Is FISHES something to do with PISCES?

Otherwise I can only add to Malone's solutions:
What is the richest animal in the jungle?
RHINOCEROS (I'll explain if needed!)
FERRETS are batsmen so bad that they come in after the rabbits....

27. Palladium is a double definition, the metal (Pd) and also the wooden statue of Athena (Pallas) that protected Troy and later Rome