No 2799, Sunday 13 Jul 2014

ACROSS
1   Attack daily, say, from the rear (6) CHARGE {CHAR}{GE<=}
4   Mammal having little power or balance (8) PORPOISE {P}{OR}{POISE}

9   Hope for high praise (6) ASPIRE*
10 A Parisian doesn't like to poach? (8) ASPIRATE {AS}{PIRATE}
11 Person's expression of mild annoyance (3,2,1,3) SON OF A GUN [GK]
13 Free, toilets at end of esplanade (5) LOOSE {LOOS}{E}
14 When goat follows horse, perhaps (7,3,4) CHINESE NEW YEAR [GK]
17 Things in here are bound to be borrowed (7,7) LENDING LIBRARY [C&DD]
21 Vessel from China or Taiwan (5) AORTA [T]
22 Batting team dismissed, comprehensively (6,3) INSIDE OUT {IN SIDE} {OUT}
24 Water, alas, made impure (5,3) ADAMS ALE*
25 Certainly not name of listener (2,4) NO FEAR {N}{O F}{EAR}
26 Open University about to make a proposal (8) OVERTURE {OVERT}{U}{RE}
27 A new member returned, a woman (6) ANGELA {A}{N}{GEL<=}{A}

DOWN
1   Outstanding performer, in form, to play (5,3) CLASS ACT {CLASS} {ACT}
2   Almost done in, lying beneath a tree (5) ASPEN {A}{SPENt}
3   Animal's mistake crossing one river (7) GIRAFFE {G{1}{R}AFFE}

5   Actor, Sellers, won Oscar? Unlikely (5,6) ORSON WELLES {SELLERS+WON+O}*
6   Quiet passageway leading to yard in Scottish town (7) PAISLEY {P}{AISLE}{Y}
7   Maria, not a fickle lover (9) INAMORATA*
8   Sounds like I allowed for a small opening (6) EYELET (~I let)
12 Bandleader in valley around noon to meet factory owner (5,6) GLENN MILLER {GLE{N}N} {MILLER}

15 Drunkard at home with it, a beer, possibly (9) INEBRIATE {IN}{IT+A+BEER}*
16 Panic this year in resort (8) HYSTERIA*
18 Absolutely boring group (4,3) DEAD SET {DEAD} {SET}
19 Retire for the night in base, lying on soft feathers (3,4) BED DOWN {BED} {DOWN}
20 Tried hotel in the past, after seeing small advertisement (3,1,2) HAD A GO {H}{AD} {A GO}
23 Corpulent old boy represented at the centre (5) OBESE {OB}{reprESEnted}