Observer Everyman

Across 1.

Frustrate a sad don desperately wanting liquor (6,3,4)

8. Prime minister’s toast (5)

9. Knocked back most of milk, beefcake and cheese (9)

11. With greed, ekes out rice dishes (9)

12. Oddly, I’ll finance hippy, if you will? (5)

13. Bold to take starter of langoustine and honey (7)

15. Vessel raised, offering sauce (7)

17. EU not invested in neural net that might produce illumination (7)

19. Adorned conifer with daughter (7)

21. Sweden, on reflection: open country (5)

23. Wild green site? (9)

25. Given a rôle, Everyman’s not ‘hollow and flat’ (9)

26. Disassemble runner hinge regularly (5)

27. Chaps! Chaps! Open up! Duck’s wanting something to drink! (5,8)

Down

2. Primarily: clams, herbs, onions which Delawarans eat regularly? (7)

3. Part of fork securing bad blood orange (9)

4. Healthy to eat vegetarian option that’s cut in two (5)

5. King Henry VIII had seven of these! (9)

6. South German car: one’s seen in Middle East (5)

7. After egg, girlfriend tucked into platter that’s a kind of seafood (7)

8. Dessert’s bad: a sake and trimmed kale cocktail (5,6)

10. Mix up cider, gin and drop of Drambuie for comforting dessert (4,7)

14. Golf with dread and hesitant sounds, seeing the roughs (9)

16. Angry words with Greek character about the French being ... hairy (9)

18. Ran up fee for detail (7)

20. Lychee Rupert’s eaten for comfort (5,2)

22. Pedantically suppressing a bit of fun (5)

24. Strain sounding like one that’s miserable (5)