1: Island captured by lunatic exists for one turbulent decade (7)

4: Relaxes about measure, but holds malice (7)

8: Go over and bring harness-racing horse back (5)

9: Top cop gets into caper with skill from way down under (9)

10: Fancy brush? (5)

13: Flirting could end with marriage (9)

14: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

15: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

16: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

17: 15-acrosss toilet pot? Rubbish! (5,6)

20: Souped-up car halted at Winchester church. (9)

22: Within, another onerous marsh bird (5)

24: Moving haltingly, stopping short of the end (about a foot), by sundown (9)

25: Succinct commission document (5)

26: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)

27: Make room for group process (7)

1: Waves of laborers reported (5)

2: One politician's a brat (3)

3: Curiously mad sort of celebrity (7)

4: Blabbermouth a little later on is noisy, venomous creature (7)

5: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

6: An idea to throw out ring away from home (3,2)

7: Win, or find an heir (9)

11: Headstrong stag takes over the marsh grass (5)

12: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

14: Simpletons at home with no money (9)

15: More appealing to snub royalty? (5)

18: Tailless seabird atop family veranda (7)

19: We hear you will record part of a Christmas celebration (4,3)

21: Drunk held firmly (5)

23: Great tax year after new condition (5)

25: Throw out faulty nib (3)