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18 Rich, intense?
Ards, NI peninsula
On, in clue?

5d is just a pun, list being an archaic form of listen

Thanks , both.
Any mistakes in the clues will be of my making in the transcription. I no longer have the original clues to refer to.

2d. Reddish-brown parrots heading north across India
SEPIA

28a. Art engaged for a time in subject of bard's work
TEMPEST

14d. Like posh people, pull lush curtains off
TOP-DRAWER

Parses for the above please.

2d. A down clue. Apes (parrots, copies) reversed around I (India, phonetic alphabet)

28a. Faux old-fashioned English in the second person. Art engaged for a time, as in thou art engaged for a time, thou tempest, thou doth temp. Play, obvs.

14d. Pull is draw, inside toper, a lush or sot

Nice one @quisling. Thanks

12d. Hire mercenaries primarily: double shifts for construction company
HOMEBUILDER

21d. Expressing disapproval, no good disappearing all together
TUTTI

17a. Tree on corner with rot
HOGWASH

1d. Son's shunning fast food
TUCK

Parses for the above please.

12d Anagram (shifts) of hire + m (first letter of mercenaries) + double. Homebuilder as in Barrett, Wimpey

21d Tutting, expressing disapproval, dropping NG, no good

17a Hog is corner, as in corner the market, plus W (with) and ASH (tree)

1d. Stuck is fast, set in rigid position, dropping S (son). Tuck as in tuck shop

Tutti is an Italian musical instruction meaning all join in

Nice one Quisling - never heard of tutti musical term but it makes sense.

Hi Whetstone
TUTTI is Italian for "all". Quite a lot of musical terms are Italian.
There is a fun expression in Italian - tutti e due. It translates literally as "all and two", but actually means "both".