1: Bunch of devotees arouse group (3,4)
4: Told about Trotsky hoarding cash (3,2,2)
8: Goddess is against holding back one Quebecoise (5)
9: Sycophant of knowledge, essentially, in those scoring 1600? (9)
11: Dawn is close, with a new beginning (7)
14: Get rid of the circle and end the telephone call (4,3)
15: Victor Norman William (9)
17: Restrained Republican newspaper commentary (5)
19: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)
21: Hype song that is plain (7)
22: Attack raise with no return (3,4)
23: Ninny unmasked without being hoodwinked (9)
25: Rows heard in vacation spots (5)
26: Play faster in last 3/4 of piece with bass held backward (5,2)
27: Ruin Aga; ruin Paraguay Indian (7)