Coffee Break Cryptic

8 December

Across

1 Birds making 'orrible noises? (4)
3 A lamp etc. - possibly part of a table setting (5,3)
9 High level? (7)
10 Pair in trouble given 50 or 30 days (5)
11 How to cook minced meats? (5)
12 Valiant energy in new choir (6)
14 Dressing bird with last of stuffing (6)
16 Minor discourtesy (6)
19 Paint a textbook (6)
21 Snake given by important person to the queen (5)
24 Very much out of shape (5)
25 Carry on designing stripes (7)
26 Artist given plates for salad ingredients (8)
27 The dining room is a shambles (4)

Down

1 They resist difficult puzzles after work (8)
2 Don't take a holiday (5)
4 Disreputable loud chef tails off (6)
5 Seat for one in charge of meeting (5)
6 Spoil ruler with means of identification (7)
7 Powder used in post-natal care (4)
8 Never mind - the pests are inside (6)
13 States repeatedly broke treaties (8)
15 She finds local employment (7)
17 Quick railway providing uniform for servants (6)
18 Three times the amount of rubbish covering lake (6)
20 Israelite leader some confused with Samaritan leader (5)
22 Lions living together in sin? (5)
23 American star who's dear to the French (4)