9  Figure 12 o’clock will find horse inside (7)

10 I raise a glass to Gaulish hero (I cross off the conclusion) (7)

11 The pick of the lecturers (5)

12 Throwings-out? Quite the opposite (9)

14 Place formed out where Charon goes around (5)

16 Frenzied setter internalised struggle for square of linen (9)

18 Uninformed? Think & read up (2,3,4)

21 Sort of film withdrawn from Pacific states (3-2)

22 Boris’ colleagues to do lines inside (4,5)

23 Odd bits of drumstick unexpectedly put before wheat (5)

24 Radical ceremony performed after dark, it’s said (7)

26 Spacecraft, and globe it regularly nears (7)

27 Lithium briefly shines bright all around and about – aluminum has no place here (7,7)

 1  Beer glass with nothing in it? Feeling around and casting blame (6-8)

 2  Run question another way when answer doesn’t make sense (3,8)

 3  Freighter’s crew (5)

 4  Little nincompoops initially changed into quiet protective clothing (7)

 5  At home, about to get up for a number two perhaps (7)

 6  I see Costa designed something to hide their pots (3,6)

 7  Head a ball? (3)

 8  Urchin came around to support those getting paid for theatrical part (10,4)

13 Turf it out, as one leading flavour (5-6)

15 Extra layer of ink on top of press release in Thailand (9)

17 Even Ferrari parts go wrong (3)

19 Stuffy description of bald man: ‘Top of him’s gone!’ (7)

20 Peer through this to see crucial garden implement left inside (7)

23 Fix technical problems of French spy’s device (5)

25 Jack part of motor attachment up (3)