2: Tending in Southern California to fight straw man? (9)
5: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)
7: Laid off, breadwinner's starting to wing it (2-3)
8: Team directors silver cabinet? (9)
11: Dreadful shade rules the Underworld. (5)
12: Change in ultimate diet for the evening? (9)
13: Observe - we are hearing Snout's presentation for the main defence (3,4)
16: Talk about food for the birds (7)
17: What one does with barrels can lead to a problem in the toilet. (4, 3)
18: Bound her, as subject, to a government official (7)
20: Peculiarity of family repeating letter (9)
22: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)
24: Cast update: Loy gave a superior performance (9)
25: Contrarily accepted gold slab (5)
26: What this puzzle is (3)
27: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)