2: A grim ball gown, uncomfortable in increasing temperature (6,7)
10: Awful bed lace causes fiasco (7)
14: 22 across, shot and others rustling his cattle (8)
16: Some leading trios are essentially reenacting poems (4,5)
17: Away sick and lifeless (5)
18: Evenly divide hot chopped veal (5)
19: Washy idea about refuges (9)
21: Shortens break, going back to arouse with comedy bit (9)
23: Part, or bring together (5)
24: Gambler in the middle to call and raise (5,2)
25: Six lions play fiddles (7)
27: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)