Across
1 One's probably a jolly giant if rotund with face oddly arranged FACT-FINDING TOUR
anagram of GIANT IF ROTUND with odd letters of FACE
9 Portion of cereal only put out at breakfast? (5,2) EARLY ON
EAR + anagram of ONLY
10 Bird that is beginning to suffer juvenile ailment (7) COOTIES
COOT + IE (that is) + first letter of SUFFER
11 Geeky worker rejected new patent (5) KNOWN
WONK backwards + N (new)
12 Fake deal I must organize (9) SIMULATED
anagram of DEAL I MUST
13 Handsome photo's obscured inconvenient details (4,5) FINE PRINT
FINE (handsome) + PRINT (photo)
15 A majority of 24 backing supplementary charge (3-2) ADD-ON
A + most of the answer to 24dn, backwards
16 Heads of religion indoctrinate people, establishing New Age (5) RIPEN
first letters of words in clue
18 Saw friend the most (9) MAXIMALLY
MAXIM ('saw', a saying) + ALLY
20 Academic's clothing tatty, but was seemingly everlasting (7,2) DRAGGED ON
DON around (clothing) RAGGED
23 For example describing one covered by navy's rule (5) REIGN
EG (for example) around 1, all covered by RN (Royal Navy)
25 Reluctance to move in with waitress somewhat returning (7) INERTIA
IN + some of wAITREss backwards
26 Nonsense largely swallowed (7) GOBBLED
most of GOBBLEDYGOOK
27 Keep, perhaps, transgressions unreported if I do this? (4,3,5,3) LOOK THE OTHER WAY
ie, 'keep' is 'peek' (look), the other way round
Down
1 Unlikely devotee (5) FREAKtwo meanings
2 No actor played in an exaggerated style (7) CARTOON
anagram of NO ACTOR
3 Lesser of two difficult situations on a range? (6,3) FRYING PAN
reference to phrase "out of the frying pan..."
4 Double negatives: they're frowned upon (2-3) NO-NOS
5 Charge attracted when on board before King's Cross, to boot? (6,3) INCOME TAX
reference to Monopoly
6 Blazing row likely involves this tone of voice (5) GROWL
hidden in 'blazinG ROW Likely'
7 Left hand protection when dipping into reference book (7) OMITTED
MITT (hand protection) inside OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
8 James perhaps moving in for good in 18th-century dwelling (9) RESIDENCY
SID (James) instead of G (good) in REGENCY
13 Gathering outside institute's entrance with tone signifying danger? (4,5) FIRE DRILL
FRILL (gathering) outside I (institute's entrance) + RED (tone signifying danger); whole clue is the definition
14 Pressing magazines etc, possibly Time covers (9) IMMEDIATE
anagram of TIME around MEDIA (magazines possibly)
15 Officer penning book on Europe's worthy of respect (9) ADMIRABLE
ADMIRAL with B (book) inside, on E (Europe)
17 Medicinal effect put down to package mostly? (7) PLACEBO
PLACE (put down) on BO (most of 'box', package)
19 Defeated a will-do disposition (4,3) LAID LOW
anagram of A WILL-DO
21 Criticize gallery and its opening in review (3,2) GET AT
TATE (a gallery) + G (gallery's opening), all backwards
22 Approaching onset of total darkness (5) NIGHT
NIGH (approaching) + first letter of TOTAL
24 Added response from interviewer who is wooden? (5) NODDY
two meanings
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