Across
1
Capital – African port – elevated Table overlooking waterside neighbourhoods, primarily? (4,4)
5
Young Scout enters elite fighting force, explores underwater (6)
9
Approaching girl: a nasty moment (4,4)
10
Slammin’ do – orgiastic to some extent – like some fireworks? (6)
11
Give a hand to Everyman first … it’s the best we can hope for (5)
12
Spiritualist’s boring kind of wine (6-3)
14
Fight vulgarisms in grand source of illumination (8,5)
17
Fantastic technician, pot smoker’s help in quitting (8,5)
21
Hush-hush: street cop in disguise (3-6)
22
Conscience … ‘Golden’, you say? (5)
24
Problem: some rotting litchis (6)
25
Jam in Cuban club – hero! – or perhaps that’s a wrap? (8)
26
Shrewd batsmen, regularly dismissed, suppressing disapproving expression (6)
27
From cakehole, forsakes puddings! (8)
Down
1
Ancients’ brews, sharper than the rest (8)
2
Greek character with spinning disc hoisted piece of crockery (5)
3
Delay Spooner’s green label (4,3)
4
Times strewn about in part of London (11)
7
Harry holds boot that’s red-tinged (9)
15
Never seeing use putting atomic number first (2,2,5)
16
Covers axes, since temperature’s risen (8)
18
Manpower reduced: a short shock? (4,3)
19
In nightwear, trouble turning to deity in temples (7)
20
In the morning, jerk’s shown up: shame (6)
23
At regular intervals, inclined railway’s beginning to get more frosty (5)