Across
1
Public school boy boxing second European (8)
5
Extremely funny joke for southern elite? (6)
9
Dispatch rider to take Tibetan leader to member of the royal household (8)
10
Setter's dog facing new attack (6)
11
Shed meeting wicked, wicked woman (3-5)
12
Cable carried by rickshaw service (6)
14
Preparation of crushed ginger's last to go into pot for cooking (10)
18
RAF squadron's cleaners seen accepting a degree (3,7)
22
Old variety of fruit (6)
23
Cruel article found in Bury (8)
24
Fearful African given assistance (6)
25
Schedule time to get to grips with one source of food poisoning (8)
26
Commitments interrupted by inspector's orders (6)
27
Guardian editor returned with electric guitar (8)
Down
1
Queen excused from drill duty (6)
2
Publishers in support of hairpiece (6)
3
Number after number that's lower? (6)
4
Make better meal, or I eat junk! (10)
6
Committee chap at party for a military unit (8)
7
Mule is skidding on oily mixture (8)
8
Fellow introducing duck to plant (8)
13
Ran into antique damaged by a period of isolation (10)
15
Lawyer mostly drinking American liqueur (8)
16
Injured goblin getting a bumpy ride (8)
17
Dangerous situation created by papers about yearly meeting (8)
19
Fuss with undergarment (6)
20
Denied access to somewhere to drink claret? (6)