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Across: 1 Nasty smell surrounds Oscar, drunken old gangster (7)
5 Examine creepy-crawly without using pressure (6)
9 Stroll and wander with your setter instead of wife (7)
10 Oppressive bald husband thrown out (7)
11 These regularly provide support for drivers on course (3)
12 Sky feature transforms vet earnings (7,4)
13 Swimmer’s method lacking application (5)
14 Country abandons last posh Conservative — and it’s legal! (9)
16 Painting small plough with lithium and iron (5,4)
17 Detectives dealing with revolting drink (5)
19 A neat warder fixed damage (4,3,4)
22 Perform current tango (3)
23 I ran off with oriental sash in African capital (7)
24 Energise judge dealing with extremists in south (7)
26 Disconnect a foreign listener, saving power (6)
27 The sand ruined part of phone (7)
Down: 1 Rodent in Thames, disoriented, heading for Reading (7)
2 Test job for dentist (4,11)
3 Youth left, given notice (3)
4 Join forces, initially getting into REME surprisingly (5)
5 Prisoner taken round a part of UK that’s lacking vitality (9)
6 Small branch not initially taken out of season (5)
7 Artists’ busts or where they store them? (6,2,7)
8 Hotel leaves smoking requisite in the wrong place (6)
12 Get help to protect woman (5)
14 Activity of shark, small, turning around lake (9)
15 Amend rule about cold sore (5)
16 Society, say, claims victory for needlework (6)
18 Toothed wheel jogs the cart (7)
20 Bikini for one’s a duty perhaps (5)
21 Our home ground (5)
25 Cool admirer (3)
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