Across
1 This area of England isn’t eyed badly (8) TYNESIDE
5 Cold, with frost on a peninsula (6) CRIMEA
9 Trouble hiding blemish? Just the opposite, with make-up (3,5) WAR PAINT
10 Make offensive remarks in toboggan (6) SLEDGE
12 Missing starter, start to speak about fish (5) ROACH
13 One up with the lark, worm catcher? (5,4) EARLY BIRD
14,18 Promise preacher sainthood and modesty is blown (5,2,5,3,4,2,3) CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
21 Small restaurant could make money by lake (9) BRASSERIE
23 Wild cat, on one occasion seen round Uzbekistan’s capital (5) OUNCE
24 Honest in 1A,20 (6) DECENT
25 Small window girl reportedly used in getaway (8) FANLIGHT
26 City, extremely sunny, film producer is missing (6) SYDNEY
27 Small fish stuffed with one Italian mushroom (8) SHIITAKE
Down
1 Tastelessly showy, marble, dull (6) TAWDRY
2 Ordinary girl, first to leave (6) NORMAL
3 Second article she found in disorderly room is a thing of superlative quality (9) SMASHEROO
4 A long time on Skye – ready for a change, heading for Scotland (7,5) DONKEYS YEARS
6 Runs over supporter in motoring event (5) RALLY
7 Glad, Irma burst into song (8) MADRIGAL
8 Story date once concocted (8) ANECDOTE
11 Girl, Pat, getting on horse the easy way (8,4) PRIMROSE PATH
15 The masses in Orkney island, say, vote-casting round island (3,6) HOI POLLOI
16 Local, uncomfortable on very large island (8) BARBADOS
17 Went ahead and provided loan (8) ADVANCED
19 Riddle in game worked out (6) ENIGMA
20 Heart and clubs put down, we hear (6) CENTRE
22 Char individual left out (5) SINGE
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