1-across – Where Luther spoke for the early bird? : THEDIETOFWORMS

9-across – Noisy or sporty criminal? : RACKETEER

10-across – God gives every satisfaction : ALLAH

11-across – Put down Scottish region when returning : ENROL

12-across – Nerve centres of a group with pride? : GANGLIONS

13-across – One going to court and t-tailing off : LITIGANT

14-across – Trick played on relation with seafood : SCAMPI

17-across – He was chiefly responsible for the Egyptian assertion of freedom : NASSER

19-across – Military group with digital bone of tailless marsupial : PHALANGE

22-across – Concerned with the smallest parts of a beast with copper guard : MOLECULAR

24-across – Not the highest place in Wales? : NEATH

25-across – Personal attraction that works : CHARM

26-across – Draw a harlot as a wife? : STALEMATE

27-across – Eyes down and see which pastes act incorrectly : WATCHTHISSPACE

1-down – Runners with their future detailed : THREEBLINDMICE

2-down – Piece taken from river in bar : EXCERPT

3-down – For the theoretician the bad loo guide has a point : IDEOLOGUE

4-down – Mythological work by youth leader on the Goon show : THEOGONY

5-down – Running properly, I get a Beatle to call New York wrongly when embraced by Polly : FIRING

6-down – See 5 : ONALL

7-down – Scottish king of military rank drowned in a lot of wine : MALCOLM

8-down – Dairy product, a cat and mouse affair? : CHESHIRECHEESE

15-down – See 5 : CYLINDERS

16-down – Question of the lost explosive paper in the West Indies : WHEREAMI

18-down – Emperor with a bit of fruit : SULTANA

20-down – Falls back once more on painter : NIAGARA

21-down – Concealed cupboard : CLOSET

23-down – Fellow -1 down to be amusing : COMIC

1-across – One in store dashed round to deliver embroidered satin : SHOPASSISTANT

10-across – One with brain about to become university element : URANIUM

11-across – VIP’s sea travels producing no reaction : PASSIVE

12-across – Exam mostly set in a different place : RESIT

13-across – They have particular interest in the workers! : ANTEATERS

14-across – Get along without power at the seaside : COAST

16-across – Immediately used phone? True! : THEREUPON

18-across – Teachers taking in cut aim mainly for sustenance : NUTRIMENT

19-across – An addition to the spirits is invigorating : TONIC

20-across – Large suit being woven gets slurs : LIGATURES

23-across – The danger of a topper – ill-balanced, etc : PERIL

24-across – Young ladies at Lord’s? : MAIDENS

25-across – Choose one relation to be best : OPTIMUM

26-across – With little warning by the ad? : ATSHORTNOTICE

2-down – Teacher’s sharp boost : HEADSTART

3-down – Aim for a score : POINT

4-down – The doctors sent up in South African dance : SAMBA

5-down – I am one to be treated, but not prepared to wait : IMPATIENT

6-down – The evidence could be old or new : TESTAMENT

7-down – One is in part of church that’s artless : NAIVE

8-down – Light blow shouldn’t affect it : HURRICANELAMP

9-down – London feature holds item in newspaper : NELSONSCOLUMN

15-down – It’s the end for four months : THIRTIETH

16-down – Endlessly tired horse confused speculator : THEORISER

17-down – With a wide view find duck and animal in the grass : PANORAMIC

21-down – Good kind of fabric to sparkle : GLINT

22-down – Demonstrated how between bridge partners : SHOWN

23-down – Some trumpet item of little important in law : PETIT

1-across – New introduction for this, after Papua adopted old UK currency : GUINEA

5-across – One of the Stones appearing worn – affected by the drink? : PEBBLE

8-across – Man following past technique from memory : BYHEART

9-across – Climber can hang on using this, naturally : TENDRIL

11-across – About to switch machines on, rang in case of serious risk : CHANCINGONESARM

12-across – Morse, for example, seen as an embodiment of the law? : CODE

13-across – Scatter when tree, with gale, breaks through this glass? : SASHWINDOW

17-across – Lip gloss? : EFFRONTERY

18-across – Skirt once fashionable area of the south of France : MIDI

20-across – Dismissed for illegally obstructing course of deliveries : LEGBEFOREWICKET

23-across – Minor change in German banking system : PFENNIG

24-across – And then, given a meal, sailor tucks in – invited to sleep here? : SOFABED

25-across – Short of energy and enthusiasm : SPIRIT

26-across – He had a stable job with mounting prospects : OSTLER

2-down – Found out, try to hide, having no previous record : UNHEARDOF

3-down – A source of irritation is lacking shade : NUANCE

4-down – A page in the register of marriages? : ATTENDANT

5-down – Flags laid out in anticipation : PATIO

6-down – It has the highest rating at peak viewing time in Britain : BENNEVIS

7-down – Worker potentially right to interrupt very heated outpouring : LARVA

8-down – It’s supposed to prevent travellers’ bags getting in a snarl-up : BFCYCLECLIP

10-down – Drew limits, worried about first of performers being effeminate : LIMPWRISTED

14-down – Shakespeare character in love – or isn’t he worried? : HORTENSIO

15-down – Pronunciation of oenophilist leaving something to be desired : DRINKABLE

16-down – Calling for father to observe speed restriction : GOVERNOR

19-down – Someone unsuitable as protagonist in filming The Miller’s Tale : MISFIT

21-down – So often urged to make a move, stallion … : GEEUP

22-down – … should note this, making love! : OUGHT