Across
9
At the heart of things, friend is after money, right? (9)
10
Held back love, meeting heartless female relative (2,3)
11
Talked about an American city (7)
12
Barman maybe offering sample outside front of pub (7)
13
Little growth? Time to get hairpiece (4)
14
Show contempt for horrible spiders etc. (10)
16
Asian folk label a diary (7)
17
River board offering description of water? (7)
19
A fine female with competence and friendly disposition (10)
22
Girl endlessly radiant after somersault (4)
24
Little birds with minimal energy given tags (7)
25
Engineers attending a rip behind (4,3)
26
Frost's heard what Frost wrote (5)
27
Secret things drunkard hides in English heather (9)
Down
1
Solid figures that could be tidier with a corset – ah! (15)
2
Providing with gift, due after death (8)
3
Kitchen item in funny dream grabbed by its user? (10)
4
Transient affair involving headless runners? (8)
5
Food eaten by boys, terrible (6)
6
Expression of surprise about politician coming to place to see concrete? (9)
7
Visitor to market, one on foot (3,3)
8
Endless alarm – why adherent suffers, making progress with difficulty (5,3,4,3)
15
Beaten journalist weighed down by personal baggage (9)
17
Name of massacre, with safe gents maybe hiding below (8)
18
Report of missile going over home (8)
20
Oldies in state of uncertainty? Yes, possibly (6)
21
Over to one side, on a roll (6)