1: Make an attempt at a basket weaving (4,1,4)
2: Quickly strip satay cut (2,1,4)
3: Without it, set call for recompense (3)
4: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)
5: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)
6: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)
8: South of France, an African country (5)
12: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)
13: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)
17: Spider, e.g., caught a foremost kite's sail (9)
19: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)
21: Serious musical talent at home (7)
22: Small courses, no fine trimmings. (5)
26: Chatter about some pay-back (3)
27: See, you are a cad. (3)