3  Sober Rab desperate to drink again (8)

 9  Opposed to beginning to audit profits before time (7)

10 Wife left joiner for church officer (5)

11 Initially sun turns rye and wheat yellowish (5)

12 Tiny biting fly started tormenting (6)

14 Rule only partly applying overnight (6)

16 Not entirely unpleasant old cavern (6)

19 Coin term for policeman? (6)

21 Pantomime mother the timid wouldn't treat like a baddy (5)

24 Start of breakfast has something missing without milk (5)

25 I go green at first with dizziness (7)

26 Speculate the gold is originally Egyptian (8)

27 Sad Tory (4)

 1  Warning indication for driver - "Dragon is about" (4,4)

 2  Step taken after landing aboard latest aircraft (5)

 4  Finally grieve son that old doctor put in coffin (6)

 5  Money raised on the radio (5)

 6  Over time strange pieces become leftover (7)

 7  Ruby abandoned here in Greater Manchester (4)

 8  Respond when a Republican claims "Fake news" (6)

13 Given up in favour of, say, cardinal? (8)

15 Abuse of string player extremely troublesome (7)

17 Look at red rag waving (6)

18 Many end up in these good parties? (6)

20 He has a stab at card game (5)

22 Fantastic Loire bay window (5)

23 Old piece - article describing life after death (4)