| Clues across |
| 1 | Control sound waves to bewilder (6) |
| 5 | Certain to be swamped with drink regulated by optic (8) |
| 9 | Most of trick’s involved with raging fire – great! (8) |
| 10 | Generally-known inn has licence severely cut (6) |
| 11 | Number one sailor sent back allowance (6) |
| 12 | A Turkish governor with outbreak of acne in a state of suspension (8) |
| 13 | Thy claim could be fictitious (8) |
| 16 | Graciously receive mushroom during performance (6) |
| 18 | Cicada with a one-for-one change turning sour (6) |
| 19 | Appear on stage with high-class friend, in fact (8) |
| 20 | Normal flag (8) |
| 22 | Surrounded and made the victim of a trumped-up charge (6) |
| 24 | Roy gets MBE for work on fertilised egg (6) |
| 25 | Oily dart is thrown in one form of worship (8) |
| 26 | Surreptitiously and honestly, perhaps (2,3,3) |
| 27 | Sticky game? (6) |
