Across

1 There is nothing ordinary in such cinema technique (7,7) P[]

8 Score less than a hundred (6) P[]

9 Man of religion who advises on behaviour (8) P[]

11 Killer of Boston, an alien holding student (9) P[]

12 Eastern ruler is making the supply last (5) P[]

13 Getting close to earning a change (7) P[]

15 Would a C.O. mind becoming itinerant? (7) P[]

17 Shade for a representative in some degree (7) P[]

19 Beneficiary under a policy (7) P[]

21 Ring back around one for flower (5) P[]

23 Where one studied in Latin (4,5) P[]

25 Worn out by direct physical exercise, oddly (8) P[]

26 One of several English kings involved in an antiquated war dance (6) P[]

27 With a dark glance, a dog ran, suggestive of intrigue (5-3-6) P[]

Down

1 Top cover — let it stand, boy! (7) P[]

2 Avid, like the beaver? (5) P[]

3 The purpose in stress, say (9) P[]

4 Serve as a herald with a warning and flee (7) P[]

5 Small latitude in Eastern Europe to fill with exhilaration (5) P[]

6 Revenue official who had trails altered (9) P[]

7 Cheroot thrown up after little time — appalling (6) P[]

10 A bullet for the mollusc (4) P[]

14 Mutation of Gail, clean and like a celestial being (9) P[]

16 Stupid creature, male, in means of mass communication — press, TV, etc. (4,5) P[]

17 Disease a boy got in a month (6) P[]

18 Aibara caught mixing a kind of coffee (7) P[]

19 The culminating point for an expert swallowing a bit of marjoram (4) P[]

20 One who ridicules notes on proviso (7) P[]

22 Each learner turns into a disciple in India (5) P[]

24 Strum the guitar perhaps (5) P[]