1: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)
3: 20-across Love to be a boy on a farm; its a means of reconciliation (5,6)
6: Soldier shelled in song from the past (5)
9: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)
10: Equips for attacks (4)
11: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)
13: Give a bad review to Pain in style (7)
15: People who take salad in their mouths (7)
16: Which creatures are found in factions? (7)
18: Well-brewed litre of this is a symbol of Irish pride. (7)
20: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)
22: Child, bask by the sound (3)
23: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)
25: Calls for lemon and mustard, losing zero weight (5)
26: Broadway show's inane cast (5)
27: Take Chair in university (3)