ACROSS
1 Dancing in club with some curaçao, very laid-back (4,2,1,8) COOL AS A CUCUMBER {CLUB+SOME+CURACAO}*
9 Place to socialise in Scottish port gripped by terrible fate (3,4) DAY ROOM {D{AYR}OOM}
10 What may keep you from prison in Bali, bizarrely (5) ALIBI [T]
11 After end of gust, wind to go somewhere else (6) TRAVEL {gusT}{RAVEL}
13 Lunettes designed to upset (8) UNSETTLE*
14 Everyman had announced what The Observer did (4) EYED (~ I'd)
15 King George with sense of humour after wife leaves showing bravery (10) GRITTINESS {GR}{wITTINESS}
17 Flavouring of fruit that’s old for you and me (5,5) LEMON THYME {LEMON}{THY}{ME}
21 Detective, first class, originally called for one kept in custody (8) DETAINEE {DET}{A1}{NEE}
23 Title character in American theatre – and cinema, unusually (6) ICEMAN*
24 Power saw’s sharp parts (5) TEETH [DD]
25 Warm lisper’s escorted to the door (4,3) THAW OUT (~saw out)
27 True fact: rec room, when tidied up, gives you source of domestic well-being (8,7) CREATURE COMFORT*
DOWN
2 Tidy hospital attendant (7) ORDERLY [DD]
3 Set down strange kind of line in report (3) LAY (~ley)
4 Emphasise insulting comment about Kitty (9) SPOTLIGHT {S{POT}LIGHT}
5 Performing my minuet, concert in civic venue (9,6) COMMUNITY CENTRE*
6 About to argue, upset in dice game (5) CRAPS {C}{SPAR<=}
7 Continuation of financial support (11) MAINTENANCE [DD]
8 Ultimately implausible claims about the French food (7) EDIBLES {i...lE}{SBID<=} over {LE}
12 Rebooted ‘ace, rad’ movie – using this? (5,6) VIDEO CAMERA* Semi&lit
16 Those people fuss about central pair of oiks in operetta (3,6) THE MIKADO {THEM}{ADO} over {oIKs}
18 Seven terms describing a racehorse (7) EVENTER [T]
20 Prattle about what might be seafood (7) PLATTER*
Reference List
King George = GR, Detective = DET, First class = A1, Originally called = NEE, Kitty = POT, About = C, The in French = LE, Left = L
For 8 down, it's dibs for claims and not what is described in the clue annotation above. So it's {E}{DIB{LE}S}.
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