1: Next to erector is a witness (9)

6: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

8: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

9: One who reads each consumer (7)

11: Tint bark clogs to provide foot support (8,5)

13: Froglike seat fungus (9)

16: Get rid of Bush (5)

17: Type of code for hiding characters in telegram or secrets (5)

18: Duck putting string on ancient peeper (9)

19: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

23: Best work it out with mother (7)

24: Drive an unusual visitor (7)

26: Sense of location, we hear (5)

27: Yogi's enthralled by boundless flings and deviant behavior (9)

2: So sad coming back, Pops (5)

3: Consumed and digested tea (3)

4: Two characters together, drunk, hit PhD on the third of August (9)

5: Mature writer beyond racy, impertinent introductions (5)

6: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)

7: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)

8: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)

10: Company strongly recommend: after first scolding, apply the whip! (7)

12: Lost sail heading for eastern passage (5)

14: Land filled with rain is OK (7)

15: Innocent, I tell why I obfuscated (4-5)

16: Leather wavered, I hear (5)

20: Attract fill-in worker by end of August (5)

21: Dance to a higher degree in rugby? (5)

22: South of France, an African country (5)

25: Vicar regularly outdated technology (1.1.1.)