1: Gulf expressed in certain letters (5)

4: Incredible disorder in fat cats (9)

8: Logical oil Polish chap applied (13)

11: Incomprehensible English is the sign of a professional (7)

13: Biggest rat's leg is broken (7)

14: Control escape (3)

15: To live with a former partner is the final result (5)

16: Uneven ships cable made from hemp (5)

17: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)

19: Has great success taking in an unspecified number of intimates (5)

20: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

21: Strike one with medium iron (7)

22: Dexterity is an insult, so we hear (7)

24: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

26: Praised a general capturing returning traitors (9)

27: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

1: Asian river ordeal; it's upset manufacturer (13)

2: Lick up pal (3)

3: Movie monster's night out (5)

5: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

6: Mishaps or odd sayings (9)

7: People who put their kids to bed in fatigues? (7)

9: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

10: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)

12: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

15: Segregate horses around the object of a hunt (6,3)

18: Norm elected to follow that man for clotting agent (7)

20: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

23: Flare for clean-up time (5)

25: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)