1 Liquids for sniffers sold mostly by outlets (8) SOLVENTS - Liquids for sniffers (def) from SOL (sold mostly) by VENTS (outlets) 5 Poison remedy when argon ingested (6) CURARE - Poison (def) from CURE (remedy) containing AR (argon ingested) 10 Copy note twice at end of music (5) MIMIC - Copy (def) from MIMI (note twice) at C (end of music) 11 Demanding order in gunship (9) PUNISHING - Demanding (def) from anagram (order) of INGUNSHIP 12 Popular masonic treatment for one who has trouble going out (9) INSOMNIAC - one who has trouble going out (def) from IN (popular) and anagram (treatment) of MASONIC 13 Jury criticise the Spanish (5) PANEL - Jury (def) from PAN (criticise) and EL ('the' in Spanish) 14 Old King John joins native American (6) CANUTE - Old King (def) from CAN (john) with UTE (native American) 15 Struck by glove in southeast Norway (7) SMITTEN - Struck by (def) from MITT (glove) in SEN (southeast Norway) 18 Cab company with new head picks up Scotsman from Spain or Portugal (7) IBERIAN - from Spain or Portugal (def) from IBER (Uber - cab company with new head) with (picks up) IAN (Scotsman) 20 Discover TV priest returning to European Community square (6) DETECT - Discover (def) from DET (TV priest - Fr. Ted) returning with (to) EC (European Community) T (T-square) 22 Grub eaten by caterpillar variant (5) LARVA - Grub (def) contained in (eaten by)caterpilLAR VAriant 24 Not scrapping new version of "Ring Cycle" (9) RECYCLING - Not scrapping (def) from anagram (new version) of RING CYCLE 25 Very frightened carrier drawn, as Spooner might say (9) TERRIFIED - Very frightened (def) from homophone (might say) of Spoonerism FERRY (carrier) TIED (drawn) 26 Short couple first to dance (5) TWIST - dance (def) from TW (Short couple - Two missing last letter) and IST (first) 27 Giving out in foreign lingo to head of department (6) DOLING - Giving out (def) from anagram (foreign) of LINGO with D (head (first letter) of department) 28 Conservative and republican leaders in Zambia and Angola gather around garden furniture item (8) CREDENZA - furniture item (def) from CR (Conservative and republican) ZA (leaders (first latters) in Zambia and Angola) around EDEN (garden) 1 Add short time rising to top (6) SUMMIT - top (def) from SUM (add) MIT (short time rising) 2 Light screen hits head awkwardly (9) LAMPSHADE - (def) from LAMPS (hits) with HADE anagram (awkwardly) of HEAD 3 Expulsion from church revealed in old letter (15) EXCOMMUNICATION - Expulsion from church (def) in old letter (def) 4 First team's beef (7) TOPSIDE - beef (def) from TOP SIDE (First team) 7 Simple pianists touched inappropriately (15) UNSOPHISTICATED - Simple (def) from anagram (inappropriately) of PIANISTS TOUCHED 8 Straighten up Cohen character's pole (5) ALIGN - Straighten up (def) from ALI G (Cohen character) and N (North pole) 8 Encourage factory to produce vegetable (8) EGGPLANT - vegetable (def) from EGG (Encourage) and PLANT (factory) 9 Decrees Ena must go to court with first of suits (6) ENACTS - Decrees (def) from ENA with CT (court) and S (first of suits) 17 "Harness Italian painter" said strategist (9) TACTICIAN - strategist (def) from homophone (said) of TAC (tack - harness) and TICIAN (Titian - Italian painter) 18 Accomodated excellent adventurers swallowing drug (8) BILLETED - Accomodated (def) from BILL and TED (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) containgn (swallowing) E (drug) 19 Aslan territory one ran around in North America (6) NARNIA - Aslan territory (def) from anagram (around) I (one) RAN in NA (North America) 20 Last month on German river for Turing, say (7) DECODER - Turing, say (def) from DEC (Last month) on ODER (German river) 21 Female Turkish officer that falls short (6) AGATHA - Female (def) from AGA (Turkish officer) with THA ('that' missing final letter (falls short)) 23 River and mountain range located in the country (5) RURAL - in the country (def) from R (river) and URAL (mountain range)