1-across – Reform or Richard Tice’s getting a seat : DIRECTORSCHAIR

9-across – Fit soldiers with uniform after altering size : SEIZURE

10-across – Film-maker to capture clip about American : COPPOLA

11-across – Clear trees for building : RESET

12-across – Remarkable bird popping back to nest : STARTLING

13-across – They seduce with long hair: sweet things ditching fellow : MANEATERS

14-across – Perhaps ticks answer close to right one : ACARI

15-across – Appointed journalist to follow war : NAMED

17-across – Best to drink with me during break : SUPREMEST

20-across – Handy feature to capture image : THUMBNAIL

22-across – Stroke from American on Number 1 court : ICTUS

23-across – Weak résumé : RUNDOWN

24-across – Conservative success curtailed against a red : CHIANTI

25-across – Time to relax in living room : BREATHINGSPACE

1-down – Detectives mostly bent,politician is loaded : DISCRIMINATORY

2-down – Checks on son moving into stylish home : REINSIN

3-down – Jack perhaps to go out with caution during match? : COURTCARD

4-down – Look after extra on picture : OVERSEE

5-down – Primarily,sugar-free Cola is drunk in parties : SOCIALS

6-down – Get out of house – mine? : HOPIT

7-down – Battle of WWII: a major shot having lost war : IWOJIMA

8-down – Resetting a line for anagram: it includes colon : LARGEINTESTINE

14-down – Provision of services is welcoming couple after conclusion of prayers : AMENITIES

16-down – One at funeral more upset around holder of ashes : MOURNER

17-down – Loyal group of teachers standing to receive top grade in school : STAUNCH

18-down – Bird with inside of bill turned up to crack nut : PELICAN

19-down – State of Señorita going out having dumped Romeo : ESTONIA

21-down – British scrap with local animals in this? : BIOTA

8-across – Second fantastically safe and natural feature of California : SANANDREASFAULT

9-across – Scrape some cedar bark back : ABRADE

10-across – I speak badly of Robinson Crusoe,for example : ISLANDER

11-across – Mum’s heading inside to make a meal : CREAMTEA

12-across – Popular surfing location in those days ultimately became old-hat : THENET

13-across – Untidy spot packed with rubbish : SCRAPPY

16-across – Extraordinarily storied journos : EDITORS

19-across – Support crews somewhere in the West Midlands : STAFFS

21-across – Intricate pattern covering tip of sunbittern’s wing : TRANSEPT

24-across – Dude taking ecstasy with cheap beer? : HOMEBREW

25-across – Private place to find patients? : INWARD

26-across – Avoided dealing with horribly crude TV magician : CIRCUMNAVIGATED

1-down – Unsophisticated port found in pub and clubs : BARBARIC

2-down – Weapon stored in rack at an armoury : KATANA

3-down – Commercial opening some time in December : ADVENT

4-down – Southern British artist,completely,endlessly influential : SEMINAL

5-down – Remote institute scheduled to receive nothing : ISOLATED

6-down – Nice,redeveloped street around the outskirts of Ashington is Northumberland’s best : CANNIEST

7-down – Rip off winter clothing : FLEECE

14-down – Fancy loafers featuring stitching in the middle or outside : ALFRESCO

15-down – Cut of meat,done right,starts to absorb marinade immediately : PASTRAMI

17-down – Witty banter about standard hold-up for a driver? : REPARTEE

18-down – Small cloth soaked in water put over cooking pot : STEWPAN

20-down – Heard ‘please,eat!’ in Lancashire – and ate! : TOOKIN

22-down – In reality,Italian wine’s full of iodine : ASITIS

23-down – Very wide bowler? Yeah,and … ?! : SOWHAT

7-across – English city’s oldie,slippery customer? : BATHSOAP

9-across – Trouble burning in our hearts : ADORED

10-across – Vogue having captured leader in corset,shoot backfiring for Queen,say? : FACE

11-across – Cuckoo with reason for travelling : LOCOMOTIVE

12-across – 22 down’s drowsiness when starved of oxygen : LANGUR

14-across – Protect where roofer might work around you : INSULATE

15-across – Completely new draught with moon in orbit? : INTOTO

17-across – Hall in university toured by a groom : ATRIUM

20-across – Get the hump,perhaps,about hot sauce : BECHAMEL

22-across – A parting gift in the near future : MANANA

23-across – Clearly,power shower blocked by dirt in the end : FORCERTAIN

24-across – See 10 : CARD

25-across – 22 down taking bait in silence : BABOON

26-across – That community welcomes girl back in Greek region : THESSALY

1-down – Badger and a 22 down somewhere in the Far East : NAGASAKI

2-down – Trainer for example putting weed under stress,ultimately : SHOE

3-down – 22 down dropped brick? : HOWLER

4-down – Rodent pinching skin of some 22 down : MARMOSET

5-down – Horse rider spoilt excited animal : POSTILLION

6-down – 22 down with spirit taking lid off tequila : VERVET

8-down – Egg and mushroom served up for setter : PECTIN

13-down – Go and visit butcher? : GETTHECHOP

16-down – 22 down on top of deciduous tree : TAMARIND

18-down – 22 down with couple of primates : MANDRILL

19-down – Elastic works,one held : PLIANT

21-down – Exact forms filled by Oxford’s principal,environmental duty : ECOTAX

22-down – Mischief maker in Araucaria with puzzle? : MONKEY

24-down – Silver 2 down paired with this for nut,reportedly? : CASH

1-across – Single fellow who’s qualified in Arts or Science? : BACHELOR

5-across – Gave instruction in rigid pronouncement : TAUGHT

9-across – Writings on specific subjects soldier demolishing exam exploits : CORPUSES

10-across – Highly trained person,not necessarily in medicine : DOCTOR

12-across – Level of tension that rises by degrees : TEMPERATURE

15-across – Not advanced degree,as recorded : BASIC

17-across – Type that’s rejected Trinity coming to university in a train,oddly : UNITARIAN

18-across – Its teams are a shade lighter than opponents : CAMBRIDGE

19-across – Part of education that could be spent in the past : DUCAT

20-across – Innocence as misrepresented in small-scale theory and research : NANOSCIENCE

24-across – Immediately in agreement about first in Classics : ATONCE

25-across – Graduate,note,below me in musical club performances : CABARETS

26-across – Part of one’s old college,including second teacher : MASTER

27-across – Learned university craft with editor after editor : EDUCATED

1-down – Like term after term without vacation? Sponsor closed fund : BACKTOBACK

2-down – Rooms arranged in cold institution for term of biology : CHROMOSOME

3-down – Ignoring the odds,best buddies study abroad : ETUDE

4-down – Excessively rich nut a brave don demolished : OVERABUNDANT

6-down – As assistant,inserting warning on course already mentioned : AFORESAID

7-down – Announced step to punish student : GATE

8-down – A quarter of Americans,say,stored in computer memory : TERM

11-down – Stiff paper,the passing of which facilitates working relationship : BUSINESSCARD

13-down – Recording what’s in syllabus – overlapping,hence irritation : DISCONTENT

14-down – Not subject to pressure,like bridge in 18 : UNSTRESSED

16-down – History professor finally working in funny cliche : CHRONICLE

21-down – Patriarch who,to his friends,explained the gravity of the situation? : ISAAC

22-down – Polite form of address reflected academic achievement : MAAM

23-down – Assumes they should be experts in their fields : DONS

5-across – Penny maybe hugs American relative : COUSIN

6-across – Battles may be reported in this combination of words : PHRASE

9-across – Jack was ill,stuck in prison : JAILED

10-across – Upright vicar let rip : VERTICAL

11-across – Touched material : FELT

12-across – Fellow in Bible story not doomed to punishment : PARDONABLE

13-across – Rough map pirate unfolded containing old symbol for treasure location : APPROXIMATE

18-across – Fiery striker in game’s given sign of approval : MATCHSTICK

21-across – Neighbour – a target of ridicule,we hear : ABUT

22-across – Material to fade behind church instrument? : ORGANDIE

23-across – Get rid of this writer going the wrong way in ramble : REMOVE

24-across – Sound of horse – for what reason? – outside pub : WHINNY

25-across – Old coin,say,with head of Rex or Regina : STATER

1-down – What’s the point when the author has finished a bit of writing? : FULLSTOP

2-down – Make fun of conclusive act : WINDUP

3-down – King having a hot rum poured out in African city : KHARTOUM

4-down – Mum with nothing looking down on a foreign capital : MANILA

5-down – A bit cracked,in more ways than one? : CRAZED

7-down – Messages that could bring a smile : EMAILS

8-down – Maiden,possibly former lover,quoted as being too emotional : OVEREXCITED

14-down – Someone having accommodation in desert after wandering : RESIDENT

15-down – Meat cooked repeatedly for fellow in the side : TEAMMATE

16-down – Litter in distant line of terraced houses? : FARROW

17-down – The case of an archer making one tremble : QUIVER

19-down – Mammals one’s hidden in garments : COATIS

20-down – Catherine engages artist in contact sport : KARATE