1: Later round without an opponent (3)
3: Balls thrown at gophers (9)
8: Small holes around big shoes, trainers and clogs initially create stumbling blocks (9).
9: Starts to read each chapter after pausing for review (5)
11: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)
12: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)
13: Determined attack on a moribund collection (4,3)
15: Crazy macabre American authors outside making perfumed hair applications (7)
16: Lets stand on a cowboy hat (7)
18: Styli nearly unnecessary (7)
20: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)
24: Alien live around Glacial Ridge? (5)
25: Acknowledging access (9)
26: Flower - say, in Victoria's province - to raise (9)
27: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)