1: Considers playing his top card for the apartment above Ivana's. (6, 4, 5)

5: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

7: No bad habits for beginners (7)

10: Club with space for some money (3)

12: Fathers admitting a couple of atrocious spoofs (7)

13: Seize marijuana that's changing it's last stop (5)

15: Examining remains of vehicle spy bombed (7)

17: Outrageous trio of Italians bursting in on divorcee and me (7)

19: Reject the upset outcast (5)

20: Queries disturbed counsellor? (7)

23: Song is a gas (3)

25: Points about dangerous wires can invigorate. (7)

26: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

27: Dame concerned about famous Fed's toleration of deviance (15)

1: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

2: How like a nobleman not to be late. (5)

3: First Lady's vocal projections (5)

4: Understood I engaged in diplomacy (5)

6: Revolves around a star. (3)

8: Take off from small runway (5)

9: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

11: He adopts park tree (5)

14: Five kills one. (3)

15: Pointer is slender, lacking tip (5)

16: Heavy metal group X (4)

18: Puff from lips into hat (5)

21: I had been at the front, and retired (5)

22: Last words from some hidden voices (5)

23: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

24: Buff the French coin (5)