1: Mrs Schmidt's penny is fake (5)
2: Tours river, merging initial impressions with remembered legends (5)
3: Aboard a ship is shipping magnate (7)
4: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)
5: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)
6: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)
8: I am a blond, going to pot around the midsection (9)
12: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)
13: Moulding material to be included in upcoming miniseries (5)
14: Curiously, Maine's not an American state (9)
15: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)
19: Assembly said Dracula's sick (7)
21: Shiny flat-bottomed boats heading north (5)
23: Tied down holding back fighting (5)
24: English novelist is in future a delight (5)
26: Choose to take the top off (3)
27: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)