Across
1
Local installation always needing power during strike (4,4)
5
Retracting of a close to scene in G&S - obscurity round Penzance? (3,3)
9
Opening a fresh source of water in Yorkshire (8)
10
Marine life in sea adjacent to America (6)
12
Tearful Australian dismissed by old Communist (5)
13
Found distressed after landing catch? That’s inconceivable (7,2)
14
Recruitment business account gathering in information over 12 months (6)
16
French pastry being cooked — and in Paris (7)
18
Conservative, as originally recorded, boarding boat, being averse to road transport (7)
20
Piece of wood’s rotten? Stop surfing (3,3)
22
Docile character accepting English downpour, the idiot (9)
23
Drink not supplied promptly, taking extra time (5)
24
Stylish harbour in the Seychelles (6)
25
Various therapies I dropped —see the charges here (3,5)
26
S is one mistake in it (6)
27
Not just power tool user? (8)
Down
1
Composer having king amongst supporters (6)
2
Yellow flower improving serene rocks (7,8)
3
Indulge computer industry for minute in Strasbourg (5)
4
God’s forbearance displayed around Biblical city (7)
6
The French, very into food and improving the mind (9)
7
They established institutions in which orphan forgets trace of lost parents (8,7)
8
Military group ready to intervene in turn for writing on the wall? (8)
11
Exclamation over a book, or antihero in one (4)
15
Pin down late supporter about tense, tense situation (4-5)
17
College in university ranks visionary specialists? (8)
19
Put down an unanswerable question (4)
20
Feel bad, upset about imminent script (6,1)
21
New take presented by working actor-director (6)
23
Elizabeth Taylor initially accepting singular musical heart-throb from the past (5)