Clues

9-across – A capital addition to a musical composition : HAIRPIECE

10-across – The French name at home for a revolutionary leader : LENIN

11-across – Females accepting half of work, being toilers : WORKMEN

12-across – See Aussie PM once said to be a frequent flier : SEAHAWK

13-across – Names for distorted buds : DUBS

14-across – Church of England showgirl could be a royal favourite : WELSHCORGI

15-across – Is night changing one’s perception? : INSIGHT

17-across – A casual attempt to get plant-holders in demand : POTSHOT

19-across – Top awards going to Good Old Me and the Lively Lads : GOLDMEDALS

22-across – Growth evident in Bond Street : TREE

23-across – Ref sent back almost a quid before getting a water supplier : AQUIFER

24-across – Barker’s blunder covered up by bank : TERRIER

26-across – Horse-drawn vehicles replacing automobiles in time : CARTS

27-across – In this way, eastern cities form associations of like people : SOCIETIES

1-down – The strain of church union? : THEWEDDINGMARCH

2-down – Penny is sort of sober, but undresses : DISROBES

3-down – Tinned meat heads specific products and manufactures : SPAM

4-down – Again lay out check waistcoat : REINVEST

5-down – Around the start of Easter, lean times become special celebrations : FEASTS

6-down – Wedge-shaped block holds Catholic University together – that’s definite! : CLEARCUT

7-down – Unsporting brunettes? : UNFAIR

8-down – Iago-like figure slides round mixing up the grains : SNAKEINTHEGRASS

16-down – Spunky swimmer – one providing a sporting angle? : GAMEFISH

17-down – One pilot transferred to Civil Service where, they say, a week’s a long time : POLITICS

18-down – Different for rich? That’s appalling! : HORRIFIC

20-down – Ventilating slat in royal palace : LOUVRE

21-down – Force employs copper rehabilitating users : DURESS

25-down – Wind makes one stagger about : REEL

1-across – A prejudice is taking about-turn in 16’s US city : MISOGYNY

5-across – Stays with piscivorous seamen? : ABIDES

9-across – Transport of fury : ROADRAGE

10-across – Excrescence on the Spanish tree : CORNEL

11-across – Lag, perhaps, making rude remark about a judge’s conclusion : INSULATE

12-across – Phrase translated from the Himalayan : SHERPA

14-across – Flog two huts off, being considerate : THOUGHTFUL

18-across – Try to lodge eccentric who won’t live indoors : TROGLODYTE

22-across – Settled for reversible nappy : REPAID

23-across – Scriptures containing the last word on gold decoration : ORNAMENT

24-across – As far as you can go working for hotel : HILTON

25-across – Avian collar may provide lucky break : WISHBONE

26-across – What can you do with straight hair? Pass : PERMIT

27-across – Wonky without 23 in two colours : SKEWBALD

1-down – Empty space in which short sailor carries little weight : MARGIN

2-down – Orient supporters previously thin on the ground : SPARSE

3-down – Cause confusion by putting rooftop into roof end : GARBLE

4-down – After eating it, close to death’s possible diagnosis : NIGHTSHADE

6-down – Sounds like a concoction to ditch when there’s such a fuss : BROUHAHA

7-down – Less than elegant figure with lace round neck and powder on shoulders? : DANDRUFF

8-down – Fur-coated meadow with a market : SALEABLE

13-down – Save some time at school with type of dairy product : BUTTERMILK

15-down – Crew aboard vessel of the future? : STARSHIP

16-down – Twister taking in politician and yours truly : COMPILER

17-down – Composer making name in Britain and Italy : ALBINONI

19-down – The money we raised for a small food item : CASHEW

20-down – City girl carrying on : VERONA

21-down – Be there to serve : ATTEND

1-across – This girl is perhaps a girl without love : GLORIA

4-across – Green baize series for masseur? : RUBBER

9-across – News that is wearing at the Foreign Office : INFO

10-across – Quiet Sarah, follower of fashion, like David? : PSALMODIST

11-across – First woman embraced by author of Kidnapped when merrymaking : REVELS

12-across – Broadcast Pluto by itself : DISPERSE

13-across – Travelling zoo attracting people by silver lake : MENAGERIE

15-across – Advantage of record going round before us : PLUS

16-across – This frame of mind changes the direction of fate : MOOD

17-across – Cover up faults of pale woman with cinders : WHITEWASH

21-across – Trusted friend to reshape English travel : ALTEREGO

22-across – Rubbish found here in a quiet prison : ASHCAN

24-across – State sign makes its way in handcart : BROADARROW

25-across – Frenchman gets everything in shopping precinct : MALL

26-across – Passionate in the garden tool-shed : ARDENT

27-across – Young bird or seal, we hear : CYGNET

1-down – No nestling among the birds of an Italian city : GENOESE

2-down – Australian one needing invigorating air : OZONE

3-down – I’m old-fashioned, but I must turn round here : IMPASSE

5-down – Expose man swimming in Welsh river : UNMASK

6-down – Associate journalist collapsed in Bow : BEDFELLOW

7-down – Opposes odd-looking sisters : RESISTS

8-down – Advertisement helps town in Kent get on : SANDWICHBOARD

14-down – As previously mentioned, could make radio safe : AFORESAID

16-down – Disease with fever calls for Maria to swallow a litre : MALARIA

18-down – Transport system to be up-market needs direction : TRAMWAY

19-down – Bright red mark, half lethal : SCARLET

20-down – Marine no longer here to stay : REMAIN

23-down – Tough guy and Mother tucked into chicken : HEMAN

1-across – Capital walk can end up miles from Cambridge : BIRDCAGE

5-across – Where to see supporters scoffing at back? : STADIA

9-across – Checking concrete case for cask : REBUTTAL

10-across – Go for record-breaking run : DEPART

12-across – Long Island’s yarn : LISLE

13-across – Perfect mate on board? : DREAMBOAT

14-across – 18 where men can become kings : DRAUGHTBOARD

18-across – Be in the first parts of contest – that’s where it’s at : BATTLEGROUND

21-across – Stroke to the pole that long shots require : TELEPHOTO

23-across – Bob’s partner is bore about drug : WEAVE

24-across – Beast with bony plate to rear : ANIMAL

25-across – Call team for good spot at 18 : RINGSIDE

26-across – One in covering letter has one : TENANT

27-across – Good girl with a line that’s mine : STANNARY

1-down – Break into the Iberian nosh-up : BURGLE

2-down – Sturdy or else broken : ROBUST

3-down – Animal doctor dissecting 20 in Canterbury, say : CATHEDRAL

4-down – Replaced lagging round that which shocks : GRANDGUIGNOL

6-down – Furthermore, lacks great enthusiasm for measure : THERM

7-down – Moor’s enemy breaks up ground that’s sloping : DIAGONAL

8-down – High position is titled – au contraire : ALTITUDE

11-down – English port with nothing doing for renal expert : NEPHROLOGIST

15-down – What’s got on when trying to get on : BANDWAGON

16-down – Purloin anything but concrete : ABSTRACT

17-down – Hold up particle used in stud : STALLION

19-down – Quiet girl lifted film : PATINA

20-down – Fix molten lead in piping : REMEDY

22-down – Smoother sound is clear : PLAIN

1-across – All of a tingle, perhaps, from such a beating : FLAGELLATION

8-across – The protracted use of lines? : ANGLING

9-across – He has no faith in Castro : INFIDEL

11-across – The loin chop that may be used in an emergency : HOTLINE

12-across – Such culture was in grace conceived : GRECIAN

13-across – It’s fun to make! : MERRY

14-across – An uplifting sailors’ cry : YOHEAVEHO

16-across – He sees what one says : LIPREADER

19-across – Battle for the chairman’s seat? : SEDAN

21-across – Recognise and select pi : PICKOUT

23-across – A returned high ball is hard to stop : ABOLISH

24-across – Tail one wags in delight : ELATION

25-across – Row about stray dog : TERRIER

26-across – Personal impressions that are very individual : FINGERPRINTS

1-down – Aircraft destined for scrap : FIGHTER

2-down – One can do with it : ABILITY

3-down – Like a high-flier, able to take the long view? : EAGLEEYED

4-down – Not standing for falsehoods : LYING

5-down – Fine stuff for a Welsh banker at tea break : TAFFETA

6-down – A stroke by a batsman going for a run, perhaps? : ONDRIVE

7-down – To take a course like this is humiliating : EATHUMBLEPIE

10-down – A county handicap : LINCOLNSHIRE

15-down – 1Present following the future : HEREAFTER

17-down – Classical admission of guilt : PECCAVI

18-down – Flying to an away match : ELOPING

19-down – Hanger-on holding money for a Scotsman : SPORRAN

20-down – Media make a stand about false statement : DAILIES

22-down – Singer put right after a wrong note : TENOR