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

5: Small Italian instrument (7)

9: Sums are written up for scholar (7)

10: Wine from Greece brought back in canisters (7)

11: Untrustworthy hedonists cavorting (9)

12: Sound of river crossing (3)

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

17: Princesses's attendant, yawning, laid it out (4-2-7)

21: One may be transported by this kiss, it's said (3)

23: Endless greeting after wine and cheese (4-5)

24: Whip in swell company (7)

25: Guess I'm gettin' old and wise at last (7)

26: Twice take heart over raven writers so-called ground parrots (7)

27: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

1: Name assumed to be no dupe's my disguise (9)

2: Froglike seat fungus (9)

3: Had fun and took a risk in audition (9)

4: Dropping in once again to analyze Aretha's hit (7)

5: Joke about girl and a protestant (7)

6: Doll part, that is (5)

7: I love chewing up Mediterranean fruit (5)

8: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

14: Its neat for a vessel to have this appearance (9)

15: Stifle ill-arranged artist's arrangement (5,4)

16: This food won't give you a heavy feeling (5,4)

18: Strike one with medium iron (7)

19: Elmer Fudd's way of sneaking is doing the trick (7)

20: Appeal, as I kneel, revealing special light in my eyes? (5)

21: Burn bear (5)

22: Remove a couple of statues before writing on some tombstones (5)