Guardian Cryptic #27624

2018-09-26

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Across

9a

Get ready, while attracting lots of viewers (5,4)

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10a

Pilgrimage of posh bloke ends in Andhra Pradesh (5)

11a

Pretend one's cool, entering declining years (7)

12a

Helping discontented barista around coffee counter (7)

13a

Time to abandon cabs for Central line (4)

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14a

Quite attractive guards finally stop all disruptive conduct (10)

15a

Short, slight Arab surrounded by water (7)

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17a

Put up with some alterations to machines (7)

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19a

Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness (10)

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22a

Women going into loft backwards to make deliveries (4)

23a

Airily attacked Trump's revolutionary deeds on regular basis (7)

24a

Communist cobblers in extremely tremulous state (7)

26a

Old fellows always lacking manners? Rubbish! (5)

27a

Development of gallstone gutted Victoria, for one (9)

Down

1d

Over 100 Lilliputians sadly accepting love is mirage? (7,8)

2d

Stellar couples sign book in advance (8)

3d

Hairy humanoid oddly ignoring my meat pie (4)

4d

Exit half-cut Finn with scarlet jumper upside down (4,4)

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5d

Mum returns quietly after month in Split (6)

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6d

Leader of Greece pricking Europe's uneasy conscience (8)

7d

Summons male to move sinuously (6)

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8d

Awfully shy friend stopping Bob vacillating (6-9)

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16d

Refuse to be buried (8)

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17d

Nervous sibling consumes pot, mostly, and heroin (8)

18d

A magistrate disrobed after firstly cursing, out of hearing (8)

20d

Thin umpire in bit of sunshine (6)

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21d

Violet's neighbour doing somersaults round island (6)

25d

Using speech of Sadiq Khan, say, to oust PM (4)