Across
1 Withdraw and wander across border, not hard (6)
4 Poor saint given the blame (8)
9 Flimsy place in Australia with pest outside (5-4)
11 Combine in retreat, filled with love, following a principle (5)
12 Precious stone in course of robbery lost (5)
14 Plaster in unfinished project (9)
15 Certain tin, once damaged, fixed (13)
18 Act heartily, in unreal style, embracing it (13)
20 Drive away into plain and go too far (9)
22 Fool soldiers in compound (5)
23 Smell air for meat at regular intervals (5)
24 Articulate poetry about Indonesian island (9)
26 Group around judge filled with self-esteem (8)
27 Resolution keeping experts going without a break (6)
Down
1 Country club ripe for reform (8)
2 Mother quietly forming plan (3)
3 Government ending in ruin, engulfed by corruption and acrimony (9)
5 Hard thing to say to new visitor involving mixture of wit and hesitation (6-7)
6 Embarrass sailor when joined by husband (5)
7 Student of stamps from Hawaii absorbed by illustration on catalogue (11)
8 Protest over central features of latest downgrade (6)
10 Allotted place held by one who’s admired more than US president (7,6)
13 Create problems getting back to other ground (4,3,4)
16 Inwardly, not half grabbed by courageous idea (9)
17 Write about railway climbing above spot up in mountains (8)
19 Doctor’s account about one work of decorative art (6)
21 Jargon from south and north taken in by convict (5)
25 Essential part of Arctic ecosystem (3)
