No 14457, Saturday 12 Apr 2025, Arden

ACROSS
1 Lets those sickly-looking to change places - back to front (6) ALLOWS {(-s)ALLOW(+S)}
4 Ex-US president had an issue with this animal (8) BUSHBABY {BUSH}{BABY}

9 Remember, genuine student gets first class (6) RECALL {RE{Class}AL}{L}
10 Investigate time taken to enter centre of the warship (8) CORVETTE {COR{VET}{T}E}

12 Country access without using borders (8) PORTUGAL {PORTAL} outside {UsinG}

13 Not good to include whole song (6) BALLAD {B{ALL}AD}
15 Heavy drinking affected eminent pacer (12) INTEMPERANCE*
18 Unexpectedly, //from the sea (3,2,3,4) OUT OF THE BLUE [DD]
21 Cheats work, must include luck regularly (6) MULCTS {MUST*} over {LuCk}
22 Cave in thicket allows everyone to retreat (8) COLLAPSE {COPSE} outside {ALL<}
24 Pigeonhole class players (8) TYPECAST {TYPE}{CAST}
25 Second shock from fine wool (6) MOHAIR {MO}{HAIR}

26 Priest takes half an hour to get in - becomes irritable (8) CHOLERIC {C{HOur}LERIC}
27 Left after match, being pure (6) VESTAL {VESTA}{L}

DOWN
1 One relating to nutrition is wasting away (8) ATROPHIC {A}{TROPHIC}
2 Cut - one enters later perhaps (8) LACERATE {ACE} inside {LATER*}
3 Such amateurs - low built, bushy and drooping at the ends (6,9) WALRUS MOUSTACHE*

5 Voucher without business, coming very soon... (4) UPON {coUPON}

6 ...however, as a close variety of bananas (4,1,5,5) HAVE A SCREW LOOSE*
7 As usual, it takes some of them to raise a tyrant (6) ATTILA [T<]
8 Relents to the unknown - is led away (6) YIELDS {Y}{IS LED}*
11 Arrived with many to the old court premises (7) CAMELOT {CAME}{LOT}
14 Force war on group (7) FACTION {F}{ACTION}
16 Animal perhaps a help inside a hospital wing (8) ELEPHANT {A HELP}* inside {ENT}
17 Right to interrupt federal organization to get a postponement (8) DEFERRAL {R} inside {FEDERAL*}
19 One meticulously keeps it - makes you want to throw up (6) EMETIC [T]
20 A sign to restrict double parking in city (6) ALEPPO {A}{LE{P}{P}O}
23 Brought up in bits and pieces - some of it is wine (4) ASTI [T<]

REFERENCE LIST

Student=L, Time=T, Second=Mo, Left=L, One=Ace,A, Business=Co, Unknown=Y, Force=F, Right=R, Parking=P.