Across
1
Agreeable friend with a place to eat (9)
6
Snake artist follows horse (5)
9
Cremated seaman scattered round posh place with slot machines (9,6)
10
Place holding dead woman (4)
11
Give drink to upper-class young woman returning to sleep here? (5,3)
14
Port uncle drunk getting fat (9)
15
Smell small American coin (5)
16
Encourage, for example, 'good' touching (3,2)
18
Trunk for leader taking in Channel Islands (9)
20
Ditches new child in forest? (8)
21
New rental housing bird (4)
25
Random insolent mark-ups? It's just not cricket (15)
26
Edges left out of playground features (5)
27
Numbers swallowing a lithium drug (9)
Down
2
Wash and clean regularly beneath (7)
3
Article meant, initially, for the others (4)
4
Food served up in coffee breaks (4)
5
Origin of old drawing (10)
6
Convenience store monopolises spring (6,4)
7
Black rabbit on bush (7)
8
Stories are sadly second-rate, without a hint of realism (9)
12
Aggressive dog is able to back up promises (10)
13
Race over to upset journalist getting entrenched (4-6)
14
Heads below box trees (9)
17
On the radio, visitor conjectured (7)
19
Friendly face seen beside choir regularly (7)
22
Requires dense brew (5)
23
Heads of some military units get complacent (4)
24
Smack climbing insect (4)