Across
| 1 | Can general committed to retiring appear in rallies? (8) |
| 5 | Fool taking credit cut corners (6) |
| 10 | Woods and the entire group making cut-off in advance (9) |
| 11 | Ass retreats, thwarted by head of colorful snake (5) |
| 12 | Detains stranger as a substitute (7) |
| 13 | Apartment behind English school reflective place to write (7) |
| 14 | Studio department trying to get a line in the middle? (7,7) |
| 17 | Check half a dozen girders, at first, providing an address for bracing (14) |
| 21 | Undesirable Mark is worn out, holding me back (7) |
| 22 | Note: rent is free (7) |
| 24 | Yemeni troops carrying fuel (5) |
| 25 | Extra-radical worker getting tan (9) |
| 26 | Sport for one who hits, reportedly (6) |
| 27 | Learn about fancy aged hats (8) |
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Down
| 1 | Make a mistake with hot bread (6) |
| 2 | Money hoppers? (5) |
| 3 | Put a bit of petrol in Bug and Probe (7) |
| 4 | Managers' second half includes R&D; nothing for relatives (14) |
| 6 | Boxes containing, essentially, stuff for clergymen (7) |
| 7 | Start playing in pit, once (9) |
| 8 | Perfect place to replace gutted Seville with GM model (8) |
| 9 | Long and slender vehicle crossing bridge for maker of a report? (5,9) |
| 15 | Baffling wild giant mice (9) |
| 16 | Canvases covering clear forks (8) |
| 18 | Wordy poem about Hope, mostly (7) |
| 19 | With fingernails, boy catches sole (7) |
| 20 | Alloy's equal weight at the center (6) |
| 23 | A donated century plant, e.g. (5) |
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