1: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

3: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

8: Do the young work for long? (5)

9: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

11: Broken shaft ends? (5)

12: Crank up front half of outhouse in Alabama, for example (4-5)

14: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

16: Mend a split state (11)

20: Flooded out and united (9)

22: Like powerful uncle in Indian state? (5)

24: Bury terror when its said to raise its ugly head (9)

25: Turning up to follow bashful rodent (5)

26: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

27: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

1: Tinkers jump in children's world (3,4)

2: Dopey stunt (5)

3: Puts down carbon copy of scenery (9)

4: Desired rotten insults (7)

5: Birds in the wilderness (5)

6: At home, the rust Ive cleaned up was very invasive (9)

7: Lincoln, an emotional actor, embraces supporter (7)

10: Firm rear end (5)

13: The bandleader channels energy.(9)

15: Captures openings (9)

16: Criticism of Conservative thrashing (7)

17: This identifies the literary epic at the outset! (5)

18: Batters consisting of partially digested food and semi-solids (7)

19: Bill went behind hurdle, mostly for the sheep (7)

21: Guard enthralled by desperately urgent sad song (5)

23: Points in frosty Liverpool manner (5)