Crossword 30,500

Across

1 Pop Scotsman composed entertains One Direction (7,5) 9 Starters of organic cod eaten – and now the main (5)

10 Setter caught wearing two lingerie items and 100 trinkets (4-1-4)

11 Return from foolish mooching around capitals in Middle East (10)

12 Dressing always kept by doctor (4)

13 Aiming to get slightly reduced number (7)

15 Reading City mostly overwhelmed by Spanish team (7)

17 Fight participant in pugilism, a tad orthodox (7)

19 More intoxicated after friend gets Italian port (7)

21 Glance from king on throne (4)

22 Eat dessert to start with? This has a nice smell (10)

25 Revolutionary Communist Party welcoming call for boldness (7-2)

26 Sub-par performance from hunting dog with no lead (5)

27 Suppose river contains fish one’s seen sliding on ice (6,6)

Down

1 1960s rock band’s stuff filled with energy (5)

2 Chap I healed with beautiful hands? (9)

3 Place to put picture frame for exhibition – it’s white (7)

4 Maybe top criminal seizing power (7)

5 Old hands grasping answer in language exam? (4)

6 Wind Harry Potter’s friend up before festival (3-6)

7 Joke suitable for all by a Biblical character (6)

8 Second husband boarding air-conditioned train (6)

14 Mix of dried flowers and grass – chuck it down drain, periodically (9)

16 Doctor scowled at sign of fear (4,5)

17 Complaint from old Tory PM clinging on to youth (6)

18 Asylum seeker good to enter EU, free to travel (7)

19 Playing poker outside empty casino in heat earlier (7) 20 Batter in upturned polystyrene pots (6)

23 Bad temper shown by fisherman dropping line (5)

24 Student that is getting university place (4)