By Jane Fitzpatrick
ACROSS
1 Unruffled, two coppers enter lab room, case in disarray (4, 2, 1, 8)
9 Choose the French predicament (6)
10 International body with a thought for Queen Victoria’s customary state (8)
11 This veggie sounds all done (4)
12 Perhaps no disgrace in protection of higher power (2, 4, 4)
14 Cunningly foil dolt in strong light (8)
16 It’s archaic to be buried in recount obligations (4)
18 Orca kept holding bar (4)
19 Looks at unending purgatory with visor (8)
21 Makes situation worse when dose flu at start of daily assembly (4, 4, 2)
22 Veggie good enough with coating of raita (4)
24 A negative impression taken when there’s low light? (1, 3, 4)
26 see 3 down
27 Study small diagram you said was logical for arrangements (15)
DOWN
2 Bronzed and having a wealth of oil (5)
3d, 26a Suspect A walked in opposite, impossibly similar (4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3)
4 Crazy sales pitch! Take off 40% of these discounted goods!!! (8)
5 Often stuffed at posh restaurants, playfully urge octet loud and lower (9, 6)
6 Note difficult point in family of 11A (6)
7 Most of UN leaders joined in brief agreement (3)
8 Utterly detested former newspaper boss taking on case (9)
13 Carefully put pan at freezing point for sloth (5, 6)
15 Welsh resort – dull and no variation (9)
17 Mafia boss in heist puts pleasure first (8)
20 Fixing mongrel in game opener (6)
23 Brazilian city gains German agreement on Spanish wine district (5)
25 Timber product may deform finial capitals (3)