1: Cringingly escape around canopy (9)
5: The pole will carry the principal mainsail (5)
8: Sally was ready to embrace East German (7)
10: Wounded bats put back to bed (7)
11: In a dance, little do plenty (9)
12: Perpendicular to 25-across? (5)
13: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)
14: Castro led, granting that uprising (5)
15: In all, just a little peak. (3)
16: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)
17: Spread out and be quiet in murder (5)
18: An inadequate food? (5)
19: Bar one not keeping heart of bargain (5)
21: Concrete area covered by company's emergency equipment (4,5)
23: Shell compensate for loss in certain risky starts (7)
24: Employs as token members (5,2)
26: Examples of containers (5)
27: Difficult situation with drug in back of pantihose (5,4)