| 1 | | Furnish, contortionist-style? (6) |
| 4 | | Exalt union's leader getting small cash increase (7) |
| 9 | | See 11 |
| 10 | | Concentration of tipped copper
seconds (5) |
| 11/9 | | Softwood growth centre holding
organised trek (4,4) |
| 12 | | In fanciful surroundings it's turned gritty (6) |
| 13 | | Whisper "Liberal undone after
being elected" (8) |
| 14 | | Possibly out to make water for rug (6) |
| 16 | | Bird with iron ring top hat (6) |
| 18 | | Combining reorganised ICI – fun (6) |
| 19 | | Hard fat causes big expression of
pain (6) |
| 21 | | Very heated period when church
interrupts composer (8) |
| 22 | | Airline distributed blue trifle (6) |
| 23 | | It's black inside the bonfire (4) |
| 24 | | Like a kidney bean's end covered by concrete (5) |
| 25/1D | | Comfortable situation: a walk in
the park way (4,6) |
| 26 | | A native American for every small
bird (7) |
| 27 | | Unrefined as a planet (6) |
