Across
1 Escape for holiday abroad (5,3)
5 Stretch of lake twists to the west (6)
9 Lottery could cause son to shed tears (5)
10 Support worker accused (9)
12 Hospital doctor injecting substance right into bottom (9)
13 Total, say (5)
14 Considered striking after spring, so planned carefully (4-7-3)
18 Need MOT? GT somehow not right, please understand (4,3,2,5)
20 Fighter plane hit? One’s lost power (5)
22 Diver with net revealing explosive device (5,4)
24 Thug’s hairy pet (9)
25 Actress in part of Dumas heroine (5)
26 Former name of Ottawa, according to name on tug (6)
27 Girl’s back at school to get a laxative (5,3)
Down
1 Writer eating only half of stew in restaurant (6)
2 Star anise, say, always growing (9)
3 Reportedly drops off a novel (5)
4 Drunk carried out secretly (5,3,5)
6 Clerical worker in dock, drug dealer (9)
7 A bit to one side (5)
8 Able to read and write Latin? Say again (8)
11 Chinese restaurant speciality? Chef brought in fourteen I fancy! (7,6)
15 Fine sight, a kaleidoscopic display (5,4)
16 Title of new wine shop across river (9)
17 Film barmaids working (5,3)
19 Thin daughter did without (6)
21 Drawn, relative after onset of gout (5)
23 Long story about Egypt’s leader (5)
