SIR LANCELOT'S CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Look out for marsh and good heather, it’s astonishing (4-8) 8 Appreciate inset I redesigned having aspects of grandeur (9) 9 Considered you and me in the sea (5) 11 Declare if Old Testament is found first in New York (6) 12 Commercials for underwear bearing sign of the modern era (5,3) 14 Go into fine art exhibition, badly lit on the inside (10) 16 Great Britain getting into one old language (4) 18 Charges to head off big cats (4) 19 Key for a Scot wandering this country (5,5) 21 Poor Annie is taken in by returning Liberal every couple of years (8) 22 Protein to throw into an alcoholic drink (6) 25 Old flame sends back paintings as something unexpected (5) 26 Lifeless, but popular with one Northern Ireland friend (9) 27 Identify scrounger first getting something to eat (6,6)

DOWN

1 Power of Russian fighter plane at height (5) 2 Fix chaotic life for manicurist’s assistant (8) 3 Upper edge of rib broken by male (4) 4 Grates redesigned to hold a quantity of methane holders (10) 5 Suggest going after student in a feeble way (6) 6 Lost again, wallowing in reminiscences (9) 7 One laid benefit out that can be recognised (12) 10 Musical venue tuned in excitedly and stopped (12) 13 Think little of resit I organised involving something from chemistry class (10) 15 Extremity of fringe restyled, earning an additional payment (9) 17 Sling cad out for being far from cool (8) 20 One new vehicle I entered to no effect (2,4) 23 British den for old party leader (5) 24 Wise men presenting degree to US serviceman (4)