ACROSS

3 Article by girl about unknown part of Greece (8)
8 Another accomplishment is concealing the deity (4)
9 By the way, they are replacing broken sets (10)
10 Part for Moira Shearer, as a tennis player (4)
11 Swimmer and rugby player for Scotland (4)
13 & 23 Down Purgative poems about sailors (5,5)
17 Happenings leave Steven discombobulated (6)
18 Recoil from cold location after quiet beginning (6)
19 Where to find cheap drink on board (5)
22 Granting a degree to church composer (4)
24 A method that's not at home (4)
25 Stock in the market protected from negative sentiment? (6,4)
26 Artist doesn't start on the promenade (4)
27 Haggard heroine's been absorbed into illicit dens (8)

DOWN

1 Smallest amount of fairy tales (5)
2 Essen could be the rational choice (4,5)
4 A greeting at the buzzer from Edinburgh football fan! (5)
5 Satisfy the inclusion of one barman (5)
6 She loved David and grew nearer, ending satisfyingly for leaders (5)
7 Being shy, a mask can be deployed to cover faces (8)
12 Unsuccessfully contrive to wreck 11 (4)
14 Bought up and around Dave's partner, being overdrawn? (9)
15 Keeps going, earning new stripes at Spithead (8)
16 Very large country's bones (4)
20 It could be filthy and cruel? (5)
21 Paragon joins woman and man (5)
22 Food for the philosopher (5)
23 See 13 Across

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

Across: 1, Lassitude. 8, Darts. 9, See 20 Down. 11, Valise. 12, Arsenal. 13, Plea. 14, Bus. 17, Leo. 18, Warp. 21, Noticed. 23, See 4 Down. 24, Get High. 25, Naomi. 26, Strolling.
Down: 2, Adler. 3, Sitter. 4 & 23 Across, Uri Geller. 5, Ed Balls. 6, Orbital. 7, Isherwood. 10, Noah. 12, Aubergine. 15, Swallow. 16, Artemis. 19, Love. 20 & 9 Across, Michel Platini. 22, Elgin. 24, Gar.