CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 9 A football team getting order that is a fundamental truth (5) 10 Letter to politician and the Queen exposed Len as scarlet adventurer (9) 11 Opt to change water heater, a minor bit of work (9) 12 Higher temperature – it’s obvious (5) 13 Reliable reads having covers removed in beastly home (6) 14 Capital is dark with endless rubbish (8) 16 A naturalness fad, exercising like this in California (3,7,5) 19 Short version of a crazy person’s torment (8) 21 Join to take credit for something hilarious (6) 23 Conflict about two territorial leaders having valuable resource (5) 25 Comfortable about short time record in study of universe (9) 27 Carriage of pet prowling round broken boiler (9) 28 One leaving grubby relative (5) down 1 Pamela’s engaged a personal assistant for some growth (6) 2 Secure a balloon as one might do at a wedding celebration (3,3,4) 3 Encourage English doctor from former times (8) 4 Old student embracing Dad – what a gem (4) 5 American brother is up with a delicious food (8) 6 In front of a woman iron an item of clothing for the head (6) 7 Katy originally born to be one that bends (4) 8 Some blood permitted to be found under dish (8) 15 Show of strength before curt response (5,5) 16 Food for timeless mystical woman found beyond the desert (8) 17 Register a throw of the dice with a cry (4,4) 18 Dogsbody finding a statement of truth nothing to stomach (8) 20 Man’s keeping a Rolls Royce in Scottish island (6) 22 Might issue a short cough at this chaos (6) 24 An objection over something large and instrumental (4) 26 Early Biblical sort initially stymied by the translation (4)