1-across – A little superior to clever clogs? : SMARTYPANTS

9-across – Turn into : REALISE

10-across – Striking with whip at ground level? : OUTCROP

11-across – Change about? I long for it – there’s braggadocio for you : VAINGLORY

12-across – Butler put the wrong into the right : RHETT

13-across – Marquetry sounds like a game : BUHL

14-across – Famous trustworthy Londoner joining Phil? I must not be there, confound it : JOHNGILPIN

16-across – Single drink taken by mouth – externally in the first place : ORIGINALLY

19-across – Have a quiet little cry? … : WEEP

20-across – … No! is the point I’m going to make : NOISE

21-across – Backward boy, about first century, with a lot … with a lot of energy : DYNAMICAL

23-across – Scientist without direction, not good enough for Milton Keynes? : NEWTOWN

24-across – Dance from Bengal? : LANCERS

25-across – Tourists surrounding S-Swiss city with their sacks? : RUBBERNECKS

1-down – Awfully naive crew sails ship – see missing historic conflict : SPANISHCIVILWAR

2-down – Get gold set in silver – that’s scary : AWING

3-down – Artist to draw game : TIEPOLO

4-down – Star supporting ends of comedy gets on : PROCYON

5-down – Rail, is covered by refusal to sailors : NOTORNIS

6-down – See 22 : STREETPREACHERS

7-down – Verse in poet with another saucy addition : GRAVYBROWNING

8-down – Enclosure in the desert : SPITANDPOLISH

15-down – Incendiary mob with brief frenzy : FIREBOMB

17-down – Not so fast with stake : ANDANTE

18-down – Report of wolf at US city: no, nothing’s up : LANOLIN

22-down – Chap in charge of Meryl keeping time with arrivals in group : MANIC

1-across – Livery of Rome’s here clothing English perfectly : HEPATIC

5-across – Swot seen outside Ulster University is brainbox : CRANIUM

9-across – Prophetic article lacking papal authority : VATIC

10-across – Recess set about old coins : SESTERCES

11-across – Algonquin creed dressed up in high-flown language : GRANDILOQUENCE

13-across – Spots what sounds like a Cockney carriage : ACNE

14-across – Old warhorse of the French, one making an effort : DESTRIER

17-across – Batting short time – more unpleasant bouncer may threaten one : INTRUDER

18-across – Nothing twitching in the ear : OTIC

21-across – Radiation from sun absorbed by Mrs Bather damaged organ : BREMSSTRAHLUNG

23-across – Like some bread – but you may not want it for this! : WHOLEMEAL

24-across – One crushed by large number in lift : HOIST

25-across – Covers being used to protect sheep : ENFOLDS

26-across – Bird going round the tiles no more! : THATSIT

1-down – Hauled from location on the south coast : HOVE

2-down – Piece of music from H. Alpert we’d often played : PETERANDTHEWOLF

3-down – Air from neat choir – awful modern music : TECHNO

4-down – Cordial conspirator not favoured by the top people : CASSIS

5-down – Person keeping order is American general : CUSTOMER

6-down – A river without measure of liquid – not river up to the job? : ADEQUATE

7-down – Clashes being nasty, niceness is tonic : INCONSISTENCIES

8-down – People looking down on others in mum’s row of houses : MASTERRACE

12-down – Singer to lose power – keen to have violin accompaniment introduced : DAVIDBOWIE

15-down – One may get cracked, mad – a terrible situation : NUTSHELL

16-down – Male diet cutting out certain foods : MEATLESS

19-down – Poor actor allowed to be in small village play : HAMLET

20-down – Female gangster attached to army carrying explosive : ALTHEA

22-down – Bullock upset little kids : STOT

9-across – Quality T-bone swallowed by a student, almost : ATTRIBUTE

10-across – Japanese product reversed into a Suzuki? A Honda! : HAIKU

11-across – Overthrow fat obstacle : BOLLARD

12-across – Foul web untangled by giant-killer : BEOWULF

13-across – Senior Church figure in a skirt : TUTU

14-across – Girl kept downstairs : CINDERELLA

16-across – Signal to approach amateur footballer : BECKHAM

17-across – Chain head-to-tail – they rise when aggravated : HACKLES

19-across – Springtime visitor from afar catching flower and fish : EASTERTIDE

22-across – Survey that’s less than barely adequate : SCAN

24-across – Monarch born to drink and revel : KNEESUP

25-across – Muscle of sorts for virtual church servant? : ERECTOR

26-across – Divine messenger taking human form : NAHUM

27-across – Old black god taking time to go back into the pantry : STOREROOM

1-down – Sword protects leader of Boston Spa from a chessman’s breach of Rule 4 : SABBATHBREAKING

2-down – Olympian ambassador welcoming student in Greek dialect : ATHLETIC

3-down – Dead Russian on the couch : DIVAN

4-down – Lawrence enters Hell in tramp’s religion : BUDDHISM

5-down – Children taking mariner to a watery grave, perhaps : SEABED

6-down – The commander’s rather naughty religious ruling : THEOCRACY

7-down – Concerning sight of bottle holding American up : VISUAL

8-down – Side effect of conflict involving surly gnome and dwarf : GULFWARSYNDROME

15-down – Putting prophet up in model dwelling results in triangular relationship : THREESOME

17-down – How to secure gardening tool for pastoral feature : HEDGEROW

18-down – Expression for madman accepting commission on island : LOCUTION

20-down – Feel very cross with girl keeping support up : SEETHE

21-down – Office worker reported Siamese drunk : TYPIST

23-down – Cross and unsettled : VEXED