1-across – State representative abused the charming little girl : NYMPHET

5-across – Estate needs management, getting setter in : DEMESNE

9-across – One of the 19 can get on in the hierarchy : CANON

10-across – Flexible girl fit to enter training : ADAPTABLE

11-across – Shape Emmy displays is breathtaking : EMPHYSEMA

12-across – Would say the reverse of a thick slice : BALSA

13-across – Bogged down a bit in Germany : STUCK

15-across – Like live wires without one being defamed : INSULATED

18-across – A gong is an establishment expression of respect : OBEISANCE

19-across – What many are reluctant to wear : CLOTH

21-across – Stair exercises pedal parts : TARSI

23-across – Not qualified for display in nude art : UNTRAINED

25-across – Say Turner turns endlessly ill, provide a painkiller : ANALGESIC

26-across – Where flame trees are smash hit on borders of Kenya : THIKA

27-across – It keeps its mouth open to strike victim : LAMPREY

28-across – In France, the east is in the west : LORIENT

1-down – American uncle first represented the centre : NUCLEUS

2-down – It strikes over-40s about 1pm, turning up with a purpose : MENOPAUSE

3-down – King showing affection to his daughter is widely seen as a warmonger : HENRY

4-down – Writer who is poor at reading : TRAGEDIAN

5-down – A drop of the hard stuff before 4’s work : DRAMA

6-down – Relative to chemical processes encountered by a mixture of oil in ancient times : METABOLIC

7-down – Dame of 5 shattered by dislike when needle’s inserted : SYBIL

8-down – Small type turns out to be mere lad : EMERALD

14-down – See 3 : KISSINGER

16-down – Cecil’s apt to become suspicious : SCEPTICAL

17-down – See 7 : THORNDIKE

18-down – Where water goes, but not in autumn … : OUTFALL

20-down – … whence it comes, from unknown right hand : HYDRANT

22-down – Practicality is lacking in this land : REALM

23-down – Retract one in 28, for example : UNSAY

24-down – Exponent of 5 in current eminence : ACTOR

1-across – Gold award for actors maintaining order and freedom : AUTONOMY

5-across – Not suspecting timekeeper was born in the place : NATIVE

9-across – Clumsy model to make fewer stage appearances : TACTLESS

10-across – Continued to excavate graves starting at the Mermaid? : DUGONG

12-across – Be very successful at campanology? : RINGTHEBELL

15-across – Headgear to go wild on? : TILES

17-across – Second person to rule gets a large amount of plastic surgery : SKINGRAFT

18-across – Chaste girl, one protected by mother, is silvery-white : MAGNESIUM

19-across – Edit recording of shrine : ALTER

20-across – Call the hymn out for the 24 of 19 5 2 : MACHYNLLETH

24-across – C-course – English – lost heart : CENTRE

25-across – Big guns for Rufus, a surprisingly domestic type : HAUSFRAU

26-across – Be sorry for being in prison again : REPENT

27-across – Wish someone didn’t have to ask Barnaby? : BEGRUDGE

1-down – Fire at mate? Trouble in due course : AFTERATIME

2-down – Sleuth on heroin has no record at the Yard; this shows how it’s done : TECHNOLOGY

3-down – Sudanese raised in plenty : NILOT

4-down – I control the system? Nuts! The Queen’s got magic powers : MASTERSWITCH

6-down – Flower with one lower part one must put in water : AQUILEGIA

7-down – One has to look carefully at a picture : ICON

8-down – The side with advantage : EDGE

11-down – Reckless and wicked male protected by supervision in working hours : DEVILMAYCARE

13-down – Domestic animal, model walker, gets shot of 19 5 to gate : CATTLEGRID

14-down – Treasury given to retired lady in pickle : STOREHOUSE

16-down – No 1 4 for the press? : STEAMIRON

21-down – Amplifier to help retail a service : LASER

22-down – Trauma at the borough? : SCAR

23-down – Cut that can’t lose : SNIP

1-across – Tunic a tailor prepared for delivery : ARTICULATION

8-across – Posh doctor’s fury gives offence : UMBRAGE

9-across – Hope to restrict the downfall of a language : WENDISH

11-across – Composer keeps a ton of jade : SATIATE

12-across – Namely, sailor’s free of rough skin : SCABRID

13-across – There’s gravity in woeful song of farewell : DIRGE

14-across – Rudeness becomes folly right away : IMPUDENCE

16-across – The scorer fouled up in New York : ROCHESTER

19-across – A tug returned fully laden : ALLUP

21-across – One forever complaining about priest’s clutch : GRIPPER

23-across – Marchese ignoring a wild fox : SCHEMER

24-across – Cheap stuff containing poor material : TABARET

25-across – Fruit for the Castilian in the dance : TANGELO

26-across – A liking for the Parisian taken in by fortune-telling : PREDILECTION

1-down – Judge a royal nipper : ARBITER

2-down – Every one detailed comes in to eat food : TEACAKE

3-down – Sailors’ register includes Egyptian embroiderer : CREWELIST

4-down – Many a crone is on a bender in Sussex : LEWES

5-down – A king died carrying basin of pewter : TANKARD

6-down – Greek character’s very short in the leg : OMICRON

7-down – The winger is not in the team. OK? : OUTSIDERIGHT

10-down – The winger evades the usual trouble : HEDGESPARROW

15-down – Freeloading act is a rip-off : PARASITIC

17-down – Caught on pliant sort of plant : CLIMBER

18-down – Old relationship lefty brought to an end : EXPIRED

19-down – Remains opposed to West African : ASHANTI

20-down – Sucker causes strike on training ships : LAMPERN

22-down – Roast large mammal : RATEL