CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,880

Across

1 Get to drop in (4,2) 4 Schemes to get US soldier, terribly sick, to collect award for fighting (8)

9 Live with soldiers, having joined team (6)

10 Not relaxed, having gone through a screening process (8)

12 Member of Royal Navy maybe planting tree on isle (10)

13 Big building, pub with name at the back (4)

14 Time getting degree – years! (3)

15 Priest dancing before job – inspired by this female? (11)

18 Not the first place said to show unusual perception? (6,5)

20 Club attraction, one to be avoided (3)

21 Enthusiastic supporters or cooler types? (4)

22 One grape munched by the Spanish – bit of fruit often discarded (6,4)

24 Prominent features around grassland for South Americans (8)

25 Pet left half abandoned after short while (6)

26 Lively holiday complex exists – keep quiet about it! (8)

27 Finds out little initially, then gets paid (6)

Down

1 Present time in which misc. trash gets distributed! (9)

2 Left in distress, giving little away (7)

3 Inferior pottery in Glos. estate (9)

5 Iran isn’t getting new arrangement with bloke being bloody-minded (12)

6 Food to satisfy, from what we hear (4)

7 Money wasted at once, very little saved (7)

8 Old-fashioned means of transport for one upwardly mobile (5)

11 The star grins, disguising deepest feelings (5-7)

16 Jazz fan, the chap going round Ireland to see girl (9)

17 They praise those no longer in the belfry team? (9)

19 Language of particular group in a Spanish bar (7)

20 Wave from demolition worker (7)

21 Female stars making appearances (5)

23 You and I will get record and express emotion (4)