ACROSS
1/5 Is his creativity flagging? (8,6)
9 See, in alcoholic brew, mature – this? (8)
10 Motivator needing to be revived, having dropped dead (6)
11 Rudimentary island pipe has only end of scale (8)
12 Notice former politicians’ impromptu remarks (2-4)
14 Seabird arrives in a variety of weathers (10)
18 Unable to fulfil requisition, being broken-down (3,2,5)
22 Northerner backs in alarm (6)
23 Those against work problems? (8)
24 A group of police in charge, having a sharp effect (6)
25 British city to suffer, knocking back tropical fruit plant (8)
26/27 Praised elegy themes hid in confused form (6,8)
DOWN
1/15 The Way of All Flesh? (6,8)
2 Almost half of Vivaldi’s excellent lively piece (6)
3 Characters going in summer to New College, Oxford (6)
4 You’ll see this thing, crumpled, around middle of bedroom (5-5)
6 Band in pit, say, get ready to end performance (4,4)
7 One twice appears in fashionable gallery and institute (8)
8/21 Fictional place – are endless sands its lure? Possibly (8)
13 Small roles some act badly – that’s about the norm (5,5)
15 See 1 down
16 Holding supply of footwear (8)
17 Bureaucrat’s away – one of people should be overthrown (8)
19 2001, among leading features in cinema offers entertainment that’s revolutionary (6)
20 Chaos to strike under flower-garden (6)
21 See 8 down
Solution
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