Across
1
Wild horse in EastEnders has to die (7)
5
Leaf insect’s colourful display (7)
9
Chosen pen, so fork out (6,3)
10
Fireplace at home, no end of delight (5)
11
Dead on time? Hardly (4)
12
Team almost broke into a holiday home (5,5)
14
Football is our world, more or less (6)
15
Make home in a motor yacht: pardon? (7)
16
Very high temperatures in an area of sea (7)
18
Old aristocrat holding new key (6)
20
Try to stop how old we are going on record (10)
21
Affected by drugs in school? (4)
24
At it, as a minimum (5)
25
How many people complete an entire jumbo? (9)
26
Hope a lot are happy on one’s birthday (7)
27
Naive, like the National Gallery after a heist? (7)
Down
1
A dainty bit to eat – run out for wine (5)
2
Use heroin to grow very fast (5,2)
3
Thunderstruck, one day (4)
4
Accelerate and foolishly persist in sporty effect (2-6,7)
5
No paragon, a stern criminal who may face expulsion (7,3,5)
6
Feels sad about national party’s complaints (10)
7
Our group follows Nurse Bell (7)
8
Others hold music to be healing (7)
13
Cheer pilot, manoeuvring this? (10)
16
Crab scraping on the roof? (7)
17
Get laptop going again to show holiday pictures (7)
19
Summary of long film, almost a long book (7)
22
Shade tormented here? (5)
23
Elevated temperature and pressure (4)