Cryptic crossword

Saturday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Sea dog's liner (5-9)

9 You and I left during disturbed rest feel uncomfortably hot (7)

10 Conch GI removed from dish of dumplings (7)

11 Former religious pamphlet, one about lineage (10)

12 Attach name inside offer (4)

14 Fielder in the centre is not on (3-3)

15 Chord reproduced in opera gig (8)

17 Not half dry (4-4)

19 Approach having right of entry (6)

22 One cannot be sure if one is taken (4)

23 Self-centred for instance with no American coin, endlessly wealthy (10)

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25 Unpack but have nothing to write back in the pavilion (4,3)

26 Area Sal muddled with Asian lake (4,3)

27 Behaving fairly at cricket perhaps (7,3,4)

DOWN

1 Fungus found in the sea? (6,8)

2 Expelled, sad being leaderless (7)

3 Pretty good, 50 per cent of it is (3,4,3)

4 It is not often that this is found (6)

5 Tough Roy upset having had curdled dessert (8)

6 Hobo lost some money (4)

7 Arresting for stealing (7)

8 Hopeless pursuit for a bird (4-5,5)

13 Profit from centre page spread (10)

16 Ruler's weight of capital (8)

18 It is wrong to give people their cards this way (7)

20 From Siberia to Portugal, two areasmerging into one (7)

21 After short month sixfooter joined part of circle (6)

24 Penny on new yearling initially, small horse (4)