| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PEDAL BIN | |
| Cutter turned around inside secure waste disposal unit (5,3) | BLADE reversed inside PIN | |
| 5 | ORACLE | |
| Authority or head of linguistics engaged by expert (6) | OR + [(L)inguistics inside ACE] | |
| 9 | CASINGS | |
| Chap regularly performs covers (7) | (C)h(A)p + SINGS | |
| 10 | PYRAMID | |
| Most of combustible heap surrounded by monumental structure (7) | (PYR)e + AMID | |
| 11 | FEDERALIST | |
| Duke imprisoning corrupt leader, a supporter of unionism (10) | FIST outside anagram of LEADER | |
| 12 | CUBA | |
| Chicago baseball player linked to a West Indian republic (4) | CUB + A | |
| 13 | CHAIN | |
| Actor’s starting in prominent feature series (5) | (A)ctor inside CHIN | |
| 14 | LEBANESE | |
| Poison absorbed by eels unsettled some Asian people (8) | BANE inside anagram of EELS | |
| 17 | CATS-EYES | |
| Motorists see them at night time in action very well (4-4) | T inside CASE + YES | |
| 18 | VISIT | |
| Stay with enigmatic activist ignoring input of a court (5) | Anagram of ACTIVIST minuS (A + CT) | |
| 21 | RAGE | |
| Wild anger shown without reservation ultimately (4) | Anagram of ANGER minus reservatio(N) | |
| 22 | COLLECTION | |
| Company IT unit recalled working group (10) | CO + (IT + CELL) reversed + ON | |
| 24 | TOOTERS | |
| Impatient drivers may be too abrupt when cut off (7) | TOO + (TERS)e | |
| 25 | MATINEE | |
| Covering one born in a daytime delivery (7) | MAT + I + NEE | |
| 26 | RASHLY | |
| Spots lady without notice and without thinking (6) | RASH + (LADY minus AD) | |
| 27 | MILDNESS | |
| Moderation shown by young lady holding large object back (8) | MISS outside [L + (END reversed)] | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | PACIFIC | |
| A client’s initial condition, shown in picture, is mild (7) | [A + (C)lient + IF] inside PIC | |
| 2 | DISADVANTAGEOUS | |
| Unfavourable and unhappy company transporter, involved in audit, goes abroad (15) | (SAD + VAN) inside anagram of AUDIT GOES | |
| 3 | LONG-RANGE | |
| Label originally on expensive Australian wine is lasting well into the future (4-5) | (L)abel + ON + GRANGE | |
| 4 | INSULT | |
| Newly-formed tribunals not supporting bar’s offence (6) | Anagram of TRIBUNALS minus BAR | |
| 6 | RARE | |
| Sample from vintner, a red, is exceptional (4) | vintneR A REd | |
| 7 | COMPUTER SCIENCE | |
| IT company put in representation of crime scene? (8,7) | CO + (PUT inside anagram of CRIME SCENE) | |
| 8 | ENDGAME | |
| Chess play managed poorly – losing a castle finally (7) | Anagram of MANAGED minus A + castl(E) | |
| 10 | POSTED | |
| Assigned detachment of cadets openly retreated (6) | caDETS OPenly | |
| 15 | ADVOCATED | |
| Advised against entering a gathering with new cadet (9) | V inside (A + DO) + anagram of CADET | |
| 16 | FELONS | |
| Guys carrying on for low criminals (6) | FELLOWS with LOW replaced by ON | |
| 17 | CURATOR | |
| Hound a degenerate, retired superintendent (7) | CUR + A + (ROT reversed) | |
| 19 | TENDERS | |
| Inexperienced seller’s opening bids (7) | TENDER + (S)eller | |
| 20 | ALUMNI | |
| A large tertiary institution accommodating 1000 old students (6) | A + L + (UNI outside M) | |
| 23 | SELL | |
| Market phone’s sound quality (4) | Sounds like CELL |
15a David please help me out on this one.
I parsed it as follows T (time) in CASE (action) followed by YES (very well) so CA(T)S EYES. A simple container, with action being a case brought before a court. Hence my comment in the blog.
Is there an indicator for an anagram? If “case” is not action, where do the letters for the anagram come from?
Thanks Arthur, solution now updated to reflect the published clue.
Stickler