Across
9
Big comedown to dine with a faux French speaker? (9)
10
Standard of jazz worried Spike, ladies and gentlemen, by the sound of it? (5-3,5)
11
Quid, perhaps, charged originally to cut meat sandwiches (7)
12
Light in Greece, not entirely great (7)
16
Questionable faith, a priestess ultimately loses it (3,1,3)
17
50-peseta piece ready for the press? (7)
22
What's up with newspaper in fictitious case, its views distorted? (4,2,7)
24
What cinema promotes is of some importance (7)
25
So-called trees, those found on the coastline (7)
26
Last of all on card, Uganda: pick Kampala for African capital (5)
27
Something written about in poem, new spins on certain verb forms (3-6)
Down
1
Zulu had this soft touch, as travelling around desert (4,2,9)
3
Trap fly in the ointment (5)
4
Exclusive, published extract (5,3)
5
Female bird impressed by male's train, I see? (6)
6
Present finally wrapped up, also peel off sticker (9)
7
Scratching bottom, a disease is in large rodent (6)
8
Hands just level with heads in every sense (8,7)
17
Old socialist, Spooner's Napoleon X? (4,4)
18
Two beats for number one, perhaps? (5,3)
20
Unpaid Hollywood actor? I don't care much for that! (6,3,7)
21
Loose robe, child's short one? (6)
23
Media channel right for audio broadcasting (5,4)