Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 09/08/2012

Across

1 Wins a sanctuary after signals to pull back ... (5,1,7)

10 ... and book sanctuary for former leader (5)

11 Did a follower of Steel have to tail off? (9)

12 Consequently, at that point, got warning, of course (9)

13 May set a limit on bird fattened up for the pot (5)

14 Having loaded the dice, can start to get worked-up (7)

16 Close down a conservation body, if it’s used to stop leaks (7)

18 Crossed things out to take me back over (7)

20 Have to grasp control over subject (7)

21 Save up to congregate at a service (5)

23 Made allowance for gap in notorious mass eviction (9)

25 Get rid of talking bird caught by the chosen few (9)

26 Ode taken from an early, rich manuscript (5)

27 Train over English streets, and returns to capital (8,5)

Down

2 Run into bed of roses from scratch ... (5)

3 ... and bothered to run in front of soldiers and former PM (9)

4 Sailors led prisoner, by degree, to make himself scarce (7)

5 Plant in three different ways for starters in 17 down (7)

6 About to get left in charge of souvenir from the past (5)

7 Decline to have one doctor left on charger (1,3,5)

8 Manages to beat small coracles in sports day events (8,5)

9 It’s essential to record conversation for the main address (7,6)

15 Improvement of rising ground on plateau (9)

17 Star turn, inter alia, playing down under (9)

19 Police taking over gallery lay down the law (7)

20 Offer to dole things out, here and now (7)

22 Odds on taking one direction with determination (5)

24 Tend to race all over empty square (5)