4  Good to get up for game (6)

 9  See 12

10 Creep biting head off bird (4)

11 See 6 Down

12/9 Erroneously, it's a commitment made of late? (3,5,10)

13 The result of frost and wind blowing? (9)

15 Posh, but for Cicero, second-hand? (4)

16 Curse head of orderlies at hospital (4)

17 Fast-moving hare - he's out of the heather! (9)

21 Put away second-last drink (4,4)

22 Release externalities stripped from fund that ends (6)

24 Prima donna's flipping greedy (4)

25 Poorly-used mother and child settled on leaving party behind (10)

26 Greek character in European Union church is one no longer tackled (6)

27 Writer's against eating fish (6)

 1  Where's ______? In the bottle shop? (7)

 2  Last two entries in Telegraph: one's beginning to snap!  (5)

 3  Arrogance of Hollywood's premier film-maker (7)

 5  Note number with national fame? (6)

 6/11        2014? That changes everything! (9,6)

 7  Once again performed with heart in the finale? (7)

 8  "Some resign if I can't!" (Lysander, notably) (13)

14 Retired in the company of lottery winners, essentially (9)

16 It's no longer the case (3,4)

18 Scream at an albatross, of course, excreting on sweetheart (7)

19 Bread like mustard - yellowy-brown? (7)

20 Large orderly stand-up admitting crimes at last (6)

23 Beginning to huff and puff - perhaps you're slightly drunk? (5)