Across
1 Rattled by death, calm Shakespearean character (4,7)
9 Collected idiot found in a body of water (7)
10 Initially oriental recreation, it generates animalist miniature imagery? (7)
11 Best section of comparative literature (5)
12 Where might you find plates of meat under a desk? (8)
14 Unhappy interrogator runs away twice, becomes diplomat (10)
15 Flipping catastrophe leading to ill temper (4)
17 After a drop of Hermitage, old boy wanting seconds where food’s prepared (4)
19 Handsome narcissist in angry radio broadcast (6,4)
21 Hard to ignore anguished moving prayer (5,3)
23 Virgin goddess. Guardian angel? Not entirely (5)
25 Ma wanting marsh tits represented in casual clothing (1-6)
26 Protective equipment that may be black and hairy? (3,4)
27 Movie’s averages sources of pleasure, we’re told (4,7)
Down
1 Activity of oaf, primarily indolent, lazy, no good? (7)
2 Tense up, seeing cobblers, etc (8)
3 Announced young woman is accomplished (4)
4 One with sweet tooth’s terribly chic: oh, cool! (10)
5 A depicter of English rural life, he brought down Al Capone (5)
6 He’s next to a bar, temperature becoming hot, getting rejection (5-2)
7 Well, hot drink dispelled any hatred (4,3,6)
8 Pithy bard launched pretentious annual celebration (8,5)
13 Everyman’s drained Soave in pubs with posh ladies (10)
16 Dine out in France: the starters of intestines and brains ingested — unfit for consumption (8)
18 Moral philosopher, dishonest pig (7)
20 Rationale for decapitation: acts of betrayal (7)
22 Spy ... or vicar? Odd characters noted in country (5)
24 Slight component of fisherman’s lures (4)
