Across
1. Loudly rips part of contract (6) (6) Hints
4. Personal assistant exploits interruptions (6) (6) Hints
9. Spike netting (4) (4) Hints
10. A dull queen strangely without peer (10) (10) Hints
11. An entrance with small stones (6) (6) Hints
12. Director redesigned singer’s clothing (8) (8) Hints
13. Serious distance to resting place (9) (9) Hints
15. Class protocol (4) (4) Hints
16. Smooth leaders of society attracting new devotees (4) (4) Hints
17. Flexible relatives cavorting (9) (9) Hints
21. Browbeat active person carrying explosive (8) (8) Hints
22. Control bit of manufacturing overnight (6) (6) Hints
24. Relative is unusually energetic around middle of day (5-5) (5-5) Hints
25. Cook cooked halved elephant fish heads (4) (4) Hints
26. Beryl never holds back consistently (6) (6) Hints
27. Solid investigation involving leader of research (6) (6) Hints
Down
1. Vacant colonel with temper makes stupid mistake (7) (7) Hints
2. Deflect state tracing initially (5) (5) Hints
3. Coy about question by a school’s head being soft (7) (7) Hints
5. Charm a stubborn person over time (6) (6) Hints
6. Spend a lot of money, getting belt aboard jet (6,3) (6, 3) Hints
7. Bone bird in entirety (7) (7) Hints
8. Offer card to editor being kind (6-7) (6-7) Hints
14. Air talent I’ve developed (9) (9) Hints
16. Whip company into upswing (7) (7) Hints
18. Division of, say, soldiers in street (7) (7) Hints
19. Mostly rearranged gallery (7) (7) Hints
20. Aromatic plant found in swamp and North Eastern lake (6) (6) Hints
23. Vehicle after six for clergywoman (5) (5) Hints