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

5: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

8: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

11: Simpletons at home with no money (9)

12: What this puzzle is (3)

15: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

16: This'll sound like a Scottish emblem (7)

17: Piano finale not determined (7)

19: Later round without an opponent (3)

21: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

23: Fruit taken in in inn (9)

25: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

26: Hesper's fresh fields (7)

27: Short time for the Irish (5)

2: Demonstrated the way in which to keep poles apart (5)

3: Evita, for example, making false claim about American (7)

4: In contact with a Georgia institution (7)

6: Corpse apt to turn up in science fiction (5)

7: Fiction position (3)

9: Something useful - like a matching collection? (5)

10: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

11: Nice work - point out the beginning (9)

13: Inert form of saltpeter (5)

14: Ball mislaid? Caned (5)

18: A girl in distress, sought by knights (5)

19: Big apes with degree benefits (7)

20: Make money and set out to be serious (7)

22: Part of stair is erect (5)

24: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

25: Equips for attacks (4)