Across8. Like a bloody trunk left in barrel at roadhouse (6)
9. Bad listener may sign up twice (8)
10. Decorator's space is burning, we hear at the emergency room (10)
11. First navigator overseeing animal haven (4)
12. Virginia, let's pose as servants (6)
13. The jabberwocky flies in the face of reason (8)
14. Like wild luaus habitually happen (2,5)
16. Apart from where the rent usually goes? (7)
20. Puts away the gun and gets up to pack the furniture (8)
23. The politburo retreats when duma head has hold of current letters (6)
24. Central African flower is the last of the blue kale (4)
25. We are naked, wild, aroused again (10)
26. Jam cork (8)
27. The Kinks' toast is all too rude (2,4)
Down
1. Motel has new stuff on the menu (3,5)
2. Renovate the earliest workshops (8)
3. Squares plan pointless pies (6)
4. Trimming in the main is fruitful (7)
5. The dates have embers on them whenever these come around (4,4)
6. Nova Scotian leaders in a runoff do a whale of a job (6)
7. Afghans made by odd Aussie aunts (6)
15. Stone or bronze band for toddlers or seniors, e.g. (3,5)
17. Ol' Uncle Bob and I are found in our cells (8)
18. Yelled at lunatic in a cheerful way (8)
19. Seaport mishandled valuable grass (7)
21. Off near the deadline (4,2)
22. Slim as the Beetle V's rearview (6)
23. Shortage passing around the end of summer (6)