Coffee Break Cryptic

6 August

Across

1 Graduate going to New York a lot (4)
3 Chuck holds animal, looking displeased (8)
9 Spooner's low bit is over the top (3,4)
10 French king giving us oil (5)
11 Some of the victims kick out (5)
12 Iraqi and Syrian leaders call out for insurrection (6)
14 Bird with silver in shallow lake (6)
16 Listen out for decoration (6)
19 Tablet broken in struggle (6)
21 Goat in cooking pot (5)
24 You may hear a tidier girl (5)
25 Bishop's warning about a prairie province (7)
26 Military accommodation providing storage for bottles? (8)
27 Instrument required by Simply Red (4)

Down

1 My! her lot could be maternal (8)
2 Woman I complain about (5)
4 Stick with present company at first (6)
5 Country and Western drinks (5)
6 Big lizards alarming us again (7)
7 Surprised reaction when girl's first met snake (4)
8 Arranged with precision — like Kipling's stories? (4,2)
13 Kid's companion put down floor covering in gym (8)
15 Endless large ice formation? (7)
17 Taking part in climb, I begin to drink (6)
18 Something said about stain (6)
20 Alter altar for gay refrain (3-2)
22 Vehicle runs into parrot (5)
23 Pointed remark in pub? Bravo! (4)