Across
1
Outspoken person desiring brilliance (6)
5
Plane's nose sparkling white and red in take-off (8)
9
Travelling performances of Puccini, say, not for everyone? That could be a plus (8)
10
Delicately woven clothing a French folly (6)
11
Bank of Scotland's audacious, but not very (4)
12
Swindler set up online financial service (10)
13
Chat up line is cutting in Paris? (6)
14
In passing through on vacation, I'm off outside (2,3,3)
16
The writer's online chatter, maybe, is a sham (8)
19
Author's loose ladies inspiring human race (6,7)
21
An idiot is stifling man's opposition (10)
23
Wrong choice that is no choice at all? (4)
24
Victory sign can be different (6)
25
Pass on a boring old man's song of worship (4,4)
26
Kind fellow, one showing a character's style (8)
27
Numbers of Germans were dishonest on retreats (6)
Down
2
Unfit for the house party, a urinal men trashed (15)
3
Right plugs for hire in deluge (7)
4
In Paris, is buddy by Web cafe? (9)
5
Kind of wine seller's rising trouble (7)
6
Separate clues about to be cracked by learner (5)
7
Soldier lifted head outside of Lebanese base (7)
8
Taxi, one involved in East London drivers' spat? (7,8)
15
Mollusc crushed husks swallowed by folk hero (4,5)
17
Providing gold and diamond rings in opening (7)
20
Alert in manoeuvres, soldiers go here (7)
22
I'm surprised about the main biblical figure (5)