3  Drowsy little creature finds place to sleep with others by river (8)

 9  Noblewoman's daughter beginning to understand board game. (7)

10 Wandering Celia is a young Victorian explorer (5)

11 Eccentric characters seen in suits (5)

12 A number of Romans follow priest with source of recipe for magic potion (6)

14 Rush about but make time for hard shelled swimmer (6)

16 After finishing drink dark man jumps on board (6)

19 Insane threat from mad tea-party host (6)

21 Like Chablis, perhaps, with milk (5)

24 After king leading nine, ace, five and, finally, three to reveal jack (5)

25 A French idol hosting head of republic? That's fabulous (7)

26 Foolishly trust in a person out of habit (8)

27 Listen to me... In essence, Trump's stonewalling (4)

 1  Deed I act out to demonstrate devotion (8)

 2  Colour scheme of French? Wow! (5)

 4  Sad story about English shellfish (6)

 5  Replicated note about a city (5)

 6  Wedding bells sound after college (7)

 7  Container bottled by brewery (4)

 8  It goes pop when the money's gone (6)

13 Number Ten backed local network (8)

15 Make further changes to create a quiet time to support study (7)

17 Stupidly we begin without firstly garnishing starter (6)

18 Gangs of disheartened adults (6)

20 Article on old tax authority of those people (5)

22 Press with these tools, of course? (5)

23 Similar to a man, has no tail (4)