Guardian Cryptic #28107

2020-04-14

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Across

1a

Adult, one man's transformed state (5,4)

6a

Mousy girl college rejected (5)

9a

What Hamlet was reading: more than one worthless poet? (5,5,5)

10a

Hutton's eyepiece? (4)

11a

Put off favouring villain (8)

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14a

An actor warning cast finally, when he twigs (3,6)

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15a

Endlessly rubbishing what Horace wrote (5)

16a

Contemplated minute and second hand (5)

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18a

Hard-working lower classes ordered to waste time (9)

20a

Swear a second time to tour old resort (8)

21a

Like a tie, or like some underwear? (4)

25a

Turn at snooker with rest, to interrupt Tennyson's work (5,5,5)

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26a

Abrasive gallery remembers revolutionary exhibits (5)

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27a

[Awkward situation in drunk tank?] (5,4)

Down

1d

No one successfully throws this in drier (5)

2d

Girl married at island golf club (7)

3d

Strike and pound on wood (4)

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4d

Soon chapter abandons one of its members (4)

5d

Died: duty nurse being replaced by junior (10)

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6d

Where Anne Boleyn died, now modern flats (5,5)

7d

Husband hopefully has power, owning two castles (2,5)

8d

Made out record brought in money, without advance (9)

12d

Sudden withdrawal of post-Christmas sandwich? (4,6)

13d

Joke brings judge appalling disrepute (3,7)

14d

Blamed IRA for explosion? Excellent (9)

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17d

Fish very important in church (7)

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19d

Business is booming, so get something more expensive (5,2)

22d

Siberian beast of burden extremely unfit (5)

23d

Make leather with good smell (4)

24d

Help with second letter, having misplaced the first (4)