1: Strut about Lands End with a dogs tail? (7)
5: Hit essayist with flower (7)
7: Warning! The French return to take up weapons.(5)
8: Trying restful turns around ship (9)
11: One may be a very long time (3)
12: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)
13: Test fabrics in nightgowns and ladies' tops (5)
14: Moderately amphibian, for example, by the middle of the creek (2,1,6)
17: Sad, sad strands of Gershwin tunes, for instance (9)
18: Gallows gear so one swings (5)
20: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)
22: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)
23: Unmatched on plainer work (9)
25: Runs in place without a top--without a top OR bottom (5)
26: Actors were first to have moved on board (7)
27: Tasman has a way for French theologian, Peter (7)