Coffee Break Cryptic

29 August

Across

1 Search thoroughly for groom (4)
3 Viking calls man back (8)
9 Unconventional — like a retired policeman? (7)
10 Girl showing some honest affection (5)
11 Substance agency has in mind (5)
12 Growin' dried fruit (6)
14 One grows flowers (6)
16 Stick with a Scottish island (6)
19 Tight header in beautiful game (6)
21 Africans, as in Mali, left out (5)
24 Enchanted soldier in raincoat (5)
25 Hairstyle from which combs may be taken (7)
26 Royalist wandering without companions (8)
27 Ringleader put in charge is unrestricted (4)

Down

1 How mince is cooked for a Chinese dish (4,4)
2 Criminals held back by Thai family (5)
4 Animals ordered to rest (6)
5 Egyptian peninsula or some Egyptian islands seen from the south (5)
6 Old woman with unyielding dog (7)
7 New nosh not in a mess (4)
8 Reputed monster is seen to be ridiculous (6)
13 Islanders queue in HQ (8)
15 Sick bird, we hear, is unlawful (7)
17 Wood or metal initially placed in river (6)
18 Storage unit in South African aircraft? (6)
20 One should be engaged in diplomacy, it's implied (5)
22 A riskier finish for a winter sportsman (5)
23 Audio equipment in Hampstead (4)