CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 27,808

Across

9 Peer in uniform (5)

10 Stars in situation with no possibility of fire, we hear? (5,4)

11 Unfamiliar street to an extent (7)

12 Enthusiastic approval and praise? Outside it’s hollow (7)

13 Devoted Left wanting our top family’s leader to go (5)

14 Note provided by accomplice in the fewest possible words? (9)

16 Leicester roughs on the rampage in the county (15)

19 Lots of you taken to ship and given shelter (9)

21 Waste material from Irish county, no end (5)

23 Wild animal’s flesh? There’s hesitation by king to tuck in (7)

25 Result is not favoured? Word of reproof follows (7)

27 Stream, one merging into lots — 19 of 19 of 19 of 19! (9)

28 Three of them may be used in emergency (5)

Down

1 Workers as second-rate characters? (4) 2 In race get a cheer (6) 3 Weapons in fabric carried by crowds (10)

4 Shining as bird of prey heading off in the morning (6)

5 Press one violently for answer (8)

6 Walkway in Athens in which animal loses tail (4)

7 Sounds like we have a modern sort of shop in the capital (3,5)

8 Almost what Derbyshire dressers aim for? (6,4)

13 E-mail: get it encrypted, OK? (10)

15 Maiden is leading supporting song, creating trouble (10)

17 Song that’s old and almost completely glum, I love! (1,4,3)

18 Authorise second undertaking with any number joining in (8)

20 Partner thus getting employment, collecting pence (6)

22 Father, losing heart completely, has looks of disapproval (6)

24 Item of clothing left buried by equipment (4)

26 Yes, a puzzle completed without difficulty? (4)