Across
9
Line sauna roughly and make like winter? (9)
10
Dress up puritanical Priest (5)
11
Relevant article in support of stance being curtailed (7)
12
More than one player is captivated by redesigned boots (7)
13
Sporting challenge has advertised keen attitude at first (4)
14
Outcast ditching husband – possibly means to block that, failing to recall meaningful things (10)
16
Worry boarding attitude will do for ship’s capacity (7)
17
Firm line taken aboard competition boat (7)
19
Kid sailor with answer about parrot (10)
22
Old Emperor and old King leaving cave (4)
24
A lot of fog and wet weather leading to cattle disease (7)
25
A small detective seen in pub, confused (2,1,4)
26
Surplus, no longer a soldier? Tense inside (5)
27
What’s dear in France? Alien cooking (top Chinese) (4,2-3)
Down
1
Standard to have a piece of clothing under sloping channel – one aspires to a soft landing (9,6)
2
Nun moved to go around without money, without respite (8)
3
Greek character, one in Kipling swallowing up pages (5)
4
Tells everyone about speed where planes fly (8)
5
School body retaining chess expert for game (6)
6
Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inland (2-7)
7
King and unmarried girls – here’s some amorous activity (6)
8
Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here? (1,7,2,5)
15
Articles about bloke turning up in excellent headgear (6,3)
17
Someone expecting payback about social media user dismissing a Democrat (8)
18
A strike blocking fashionable project (8)
20
Minister’s signal to collar scoundrel (6)
21
Fine to leave continent having seized new medicinal plant (6)
23
Indication of agreement accepted by potential energy recipient (5)