Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

3. Rifles, maybe, for undersized members (5,4)

8. Packing required for an instrument (4)

9 & 13Dn. Do such judicial pronouncements include hangings? (9,9)

10. We will get malevolent pest in the grain (6)

11. Ask for soft metal (5)

14. Unstable description of a rugged coast (5)

15. No points scored, sweetheart (4)

16. Joins a course for drivers (5)

18. Jane Edwards will conceal some deficiency (4)

20. A principle is reversed without showing any change (5)

21. Clara is expected to lift something inside (5)

24. Officiate when one becomes a clerk (6)

25. It’s usually found in the taproom! (4,5)

26. Part of the chimney rose into the air, we hear (4)

27. The principal has to put on a hat (9)

DOWN

1. There are plenty of blooming things doing this (9)

2. Litter rack (9)

4. Roughly handle a kind of stick for painters (4)

5. The French friend turns up the coat flap (5)

6. Make a terminating order about a periodical publication (6)

7. Personal appearance is just average, by the sound of it (4)

9. Portly bishop will hold the prophetess up! (5)

11. Write to the Church of England for money (5)

12. Catastrophes when the hill collapses (9)

13. See 9 Across

17. Southern water bird back (5)

19. When father is around she is frustrated (6)

22. Disturbance about a particular step (5)

23. Beware an opening in the rocks (4)

24. What the painter uses makes things easier (4)