1: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)
2: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)
3: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)
4: Bloody bored inside (3)
5: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)
6: Superfluous request for payment received by Communist soldier (9)
7: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)
10: Narcs study crackhead's ultimate road to nowhere (4,3)
12: Support sign for subordinates (11)
13: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)
15: Col in unopened 10-across tie (7)
17: First popular promise - extreme appeal (9)
23: Scotsman turns to notice drifter (5)
24: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)
26: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)
27: Picture a dessert without topping (3)