CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Struggle to join a pleasure boat, or a warship (6-7)

10 Award on film for a large car (5)

11 Start to pour oil out at church, getting a worker to 8 down (9)

12 Very great line, by the end (9)

13 From the start, you pay respect every Sunday to old battlefield (5)

14 Can returning comedians seem like blockheads (7)

16 Did Eve laud move to reduce what it's worth? (7)

18 Was bound to do something. It's much appreciated (7)

20 Long to get close to a chain (7)

21 Get round present condition at a watering hole (5)

23 Choose a flower, we're told, when in a pickle (9)

25 Gets near, up to a point, to intimacy (9)

26 Cross about one run, at the end (5)

27 About to deter Peter struggling with the need to get translated again (13)

Down

2 A small firm had little time on the course (5)

3 Is setting one's sights on an old sailor to understand things, in good order (9)

4 A powerful lady took me back into the media (7)

5 Passed on the baton, say, when it's broadcast (7)

6 Was anxious to show desire, by the end (5)

7 Male reads about a Spanish girl (9)

8 When it has an effect, 11 across can sign up (4.4.5)

9 In turn, top-notch characters found out that things had not been confirmed (13)

15 Return permit , at the end, with opportunity to use an optical instrument (9)

17 Did Lies and Virginia, in short, turn up to damage property? (9)

19 A runner had to record permit to use up energy (7)

20 Regains strength, bit by bit. Was one uplifted? (7)

22 Did a girl have two ways to display lustre (5)

24 One man led a heartless graduate to make an appearance? (5)