Daily Mail Cryptic #16546

2021-04-02

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Across

1a

Polish supporter's back eating hot dessert (7)

5a

Priest cracks jokes about European capital (6)

9a

Conductor of electricity primarily in a storm at sea (7)

10a

Bread roll and cheese impressing old chap? Not half (7)

11a

Recall company director and medic (3)

12a

Company bring missing European crude medicine (3,5,3)

13a

University breaks record with popular plant (5)

14a

She sat out in different places in Kent (9)

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16a

One can hold forth about eastern traveller (9)

17a

House not looking well in Virginia (5)

19a

In general, picnics often break up, lacking time (11)

22a

Section of original drilling platform (3)

23a

Big race ruined bony structure (3,4)

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24a

One with no belief in Cuban leader? (7)

26a

Goddess inspires love, filling heart with 4 (6)

27a

Theatre worker's sideboard (7)

Down

1d

Change part of film about defence ministry (7)

2d

Alliance fit to retain bar that's beyond criticism (15)

3d

Contents of gallery making a contribution to popular taste (3)

4d

Look into person's ancestry (5)

5d

Very British and quite unusual nickname (9)

6d

Express a view about English sleuth coming in (5)

7d

Sailor resold a flat in bad condition? He should fix it up (4,2,3,6)

8d

Fanatic, unknown to many, conserves energy (6)

12d

Stick around old craft (5)

14d

Hunters see short people with bows (9)

15d

Hotel abuts a very old college ruin (5)

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16d

Pay no attention to region in trouble (6)

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18d

Pointed a gun everywhere, left and right primarily (7)

20d

Religious number secures a grand perhaps (5)

21d

Unnamed chum became extremely hot (5)

25d

Friend or enemy? Leaders give the answer (3)