1: Name successor in speech? (7)

4: Gloria's last performance cut short (7)

7: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

8: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

11: Pluto is cold and tired out; its a disgrace (9)

12: Spread out and be quiet in murder (5)

13: Approaches first of nine pieces of corn (5)

16: Approaching related band, apparently (7)

18: Lassie from Sirius? (3,4)

19: Better armed in illusion of sleep (4)

20: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

21: No nuns die tormented by lewd insinuations. (9)

24: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

25: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

26: Concerning Eliza undergoing transformation for profit (7)

27: Soundly folds belt, does evening wear (7)

1: Gang has finished chasing one left alone (9)

2: Beat outright a small French romantic (5)

3: Discussed one who broadcasts mistake (5)

4: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

5: Orbiting object strayed SE a little (9)

6: Poverty-stricken, longing to rise up and get education (5)

9: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

10: Break up the rock group from hell. (7)

14: A country inn, a great building (9)

15: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)

17: Defective gas meters for people who take chances (9)

20: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

22: Sexes divided here (5)

23: Cut up after having gambled, with death perhaps? (5)