CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Letter describes a mine in US state (7) 5. Turner captures love and hate (6) 9. Represent river swimmer about right (7) 10. Harry told his granny about duke’s child (7) 11. Be indebted to Welshman briefly (3) 12. Small pixie against short dwarf, showing restraint (4-7) 13. Avoid start of train collision (5) 14. Chap with German overcoming priest’s restriction (4,5) 16. Jazz pianist defends mushy stuff, bland sort of music (9) 17. Commander-in-chief beginning to hate easy job (5) 19. Factory rep betrays poor water diviner at first (4,7) 22. The Mafia’s second book (3) 23. Actor, one impressed by Dickens character (7) 24. He tests pupils using old register copper brought in (7) 26. Consume for fun, as they say (6) 27. English guys rent houses in which they’re happiest (7)

Down

1. Seize debtor’s notes in abundance (7) 2. Importunate Pole in trouble? That’s impossible (9,6) 3. Rubbish piled up, becoming small mountain (3) 4. Faithful Liberal set nothing up (5) 5. He’s after majority, disrupting morale etc. (9) 6. A lecturer entertains 500 extra (3-2) 7. Superstate, sort of hyper-immoral one (4,5,6) 8. Decorative band made of rare metal (6) 12. Unnamed Russian leader’s revolutionary exercise (3-2) 14. Stamp on MI5 file about probing main cult (3,6) 15. Clear fluid beginning to go off contains carbon (5) 16. Know-how is dominant? There’s erudition in it (6) 18. Panama perhaps protects a little place for animals (7) 20. Disparaging note dropped into bank (5) 21. Stirred feeling of dread about fine (5) 25. Take advantage of Aussie now and then (3)