Sunday Special: A 'Times' crossword from long ago

The image of a paper cutting of this old Times crossword (No, 9,443), solved by J. R. R. Tolkien but most of the clue text covered by his beautiful, studied doodling with colour pens, appeared on the web recently.

The other day The Crossword Centre, owned by Derek Harrison, gave us a link to the crossword after Mark Thakkar traced it to its source.

I have created the grid and typed out the clues.

ONLY TWO  answers per commentator till 6 pm (Annotations must be appended. Clue type may be identified and mentioned.) Quota must not be exceeded.

This gives us an opportunity to see how the UK crossword has changed over the decades. 

Thanks to everybody. Copyright  setter/paper/legal heirs concerned.  

Acknowledgement made gratefully.

ACROSS
1   Turbulent Alsatians on the attack (9)
5   "The hour is ill which severs those it should ___" (Shelley) (5)
8   Packers vainly hope it will take a quart (4,3)
10 Well-arranged under instructions (7)
11 Aside from such notions... (5)
12 Somehow he does get things done (9)
13 Status of married barmaids ? (8)
15 Such a remnant may still conceal beauty (5)
18 Mark possibly just two (5)
19 Dissipation in a castle ? (8)
21 Very small type, but outstanding (9)
22 Dashing fellow, but liable to cut one (5)
24 Reasonable style? Pretty too (7)
25 Sort of breach to take no peg in (7)
26 He exchanged smiles with a native of Riga (5)
27 Yet he's not assessed as a rare type (9)

DOWN 
1   Romantically, he wants a hand-out ! (9)
2   Scorch, yet not all that fast (5)
3   Presumably they hang about at the Embassy (8)
4   Like the upbringing of one "bawn in a brier-patch" (6)
5   Not a creditable locality in the late evening (5,3,5)
6   State of gear which precludes any advance (2,7)
7   Duck down here! (5)
9   "There has fallen a splendid tear from the ___ at the gate" (Tennyson) (7,6)
14 Paper marking process ? (9)
16 Office-boy for the secretary-bird (9)
17 Final catch could one call it ? (4,4)
20 It seems a cockney workman spotted you (6)
21 Health slogan should suit (5)
23 Friendship that begins early (5)

Across Lite version can be downloaded from the link at TIMES 9443.

Enjoy.