CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Medical orderly to make impassioned speech (7) 5. Appoint idiot elected around midnight (6) 9. Fabulous creature Irma swims in Mediterranean (7) 10. Eccentric employer lost euros creating compound (7) 11. Took weekend off as well (3) 12. Unlikely hope of treating this pinkeye (3,2,3,3) 13. European capital is of a different order (5) 14. They’re beginners, yet trained in mobile phones (9) 16. Spectators see display of snooker (7-2) 17. Gradual inertia overcomes Queen, say (5) 19. One inmate high on E takes speed? Yes, speed (11) 22. Silent parent (3) 23. Spilt his gin over daughter in noisy party (7) 24. Personal property that crumbled in cellar? Not half (7) 26. Piece of poetry partly celebrates Tanzania (6) 27. Farmer in Montana managed Sonny’s partner (7) Down 1. Relegates short demonstration set up (7) 2. Effect of burning fuel left by coal miner walking home? (6,9) 3. Turkish chief occasionally appears in gangway (3) 4. Nasty little pest in Ure (5) 5. Rhone plan sadly receives blow in Switzerland (9) 6. Slender girl taking lithium could be Phyllis (5) 7. Last words by Wimbledon umpire may be: “Mats changed team!” (4,3,3,5) 8. Oyster cooked in French city (6) 12. Strange shape for stage (5) 14. Fond memories of Stalag No. 1 being demolished (9) 15. Own about 50 evenly split (5) 16. Link in Australia is easier, it appears (6) 18. Rose, perhaps Ð someone who loses train of thought (7) 20. In Southend-on-Sea with the point facing you? (3,2) 21. Run into ruin, shivering, catching cold (5) 25. Half of sunshade covers top of grass (3)