Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Bring back plump cheese in

crisp material (7)

5 Church work’s extremely

patchy and rough (6)

9 Irish girl once tripped round

middle of gallery (7)

10 Big bird in choir’s nervous

about tempo (7)

11 Diddle individuals investing

European cash (3)

12 Sins by Asian disturbed old

people in Ethiopia (11)

13 Follow degree in teaching (5)

14 Complimentary iron? Democracies enjoy it (4,5)

16 London police crowd round senior officer and churchgoer (9)

17 Note magistrate’s words (5)

19 Harassed co-host burns

seasonal fare (3,5,3)

22 Type of green turf cut (3)

23 Radioactive element ruins

operations, deleting RNA (7)

24 Flog business during rapid

growth (7)

26 Approve rise, say (6)

27 White dog may be barking

some day (7)

DOWN

1 Equipment daughter brought

down during game (7)

2 What rail commuters are doing for fuelling stops (7,8)

3 Whichever way you turn it, it

bleats (3)

4 Some carry on naively about

how to make cross (5)

5 Snow melts in top platform at

sea (5-4)

6 One gets angry about newspaper frequently (5)

7 Used up correct time in outside loo — I own it (7,8)

8 Article on sibling? It should

lead to a degree (6)

12 Mission in Texas contributes

to total amount (5)

14 Most delicate film shot before

short rest in Madrid (9)

15 Climber hammers it home,

breaking point (5)

16 Second controversial musical

yarn (6)

18 Guide wades round estuarine

fringes, collecting this? (7)

20 Horse proclaimed as the

flower of Avignon (5)

21 Graduate is gathering satisfactory support (5)

25 Old Queen offers little resistance (3)