Cryptic crossword 09/06/2011
ACROSS
1 When upset by former dictator, boy checked things out (5-8)
10 All set to study at Yale first (5)
11 Safeguarded cold pot with 22 down arrangement (9)
12 Grand contest by society members of state (9)
13 Wait for assistance, when not in charge (5)
14 Sign up as usual to drink (3,4)
16 Reserved girl took on boy, at last (7)
18 Remnant of unusual pieces on time (7)
20 Prompts US group one's going round North Dakota (7)
21 Held over note, but didn't like it one bit (5)
23 Bar route used by many to reach a tree collection (9)
25 Step in after a run to curb speed (9)
26 In fact, a long hook is in stock (5)
27 At last, her senses are agitated by cruelty (13)
DOWN
2 Is about to work in order to get even (5)
3 Don't add anything; enough said (3,2,4)
4 In the past, order one inside to give the facts (7)
5 Was old painter who turned up wont to get provoked? (7)
6 Some articles in the Times are rewritten (5)
7 Register little thanks in having to throw a party (9)
8 Gets the principal involved, when one forces the issue (6,2,1,4)
9 Give notice of having to read up on one vestment (13)
15 List of opportunity to chart ebbs and flows (4-5)
17 Boy took a new girl first to meet a good neighbour (9)
19 Struggle to continue with a small volume (7)
20 Did thieves run to head off mates down under? (7)
22 Scare people away from crude terrain (5)
24 Reckons to count on some top voices (5)