Across:
1 Lippy type (rim = R-IM-) admits, for example (e.g. = -EG-), engineering (-E) (REGIME) group in administration (REGIME),
4 Burn (SMOULDER) small (S-) cast (-MOULD-) from hospital ward (-ER) (SMOULDER),
9 Pleasantly rural (SYLVAN) school (S-) pupil (learner = -L-) in navy (navy = -Y-VAN) dress (= anagram indicator) (SYLVAN),
10 Recites (recites = ES-TERIC) novel (= anagram indicator) about old (-O-) (ESOTERIC) cryptic type (ESOTERIC),
12 Crackers (MAD-) with Oriental (east = - E -) spirit (SENSE) (MADE SENSE) fitted the bill (MADE SENSE),
13 Makes jokes about (MOCKS) the local trials the students have to do before leaving (trials/tests ‘locally’ before the Leaving Cert = MOCKS),
14 Clueless as to which direction to take (LOST) The House? (PROPERTY) (LOST PROPERTY) St Anthony is the one to consult about it! (LOST PROPERTY),
18 Course (WAY-) taken by ocean liner (ocean liner = -S AND) is limited (MEAN-) by stingy capital (‘Stingy’ capital = -S) (WAYS AND MEANS) resources (WAYS AND MEANS),
21 Standing up (ERECT) to selectors dismissing loss (‘selectors’ dismissing ‘loss’ = eectr = ERECT),
22 The foreign (the = LA-) expression for disgust (-UGH-) qualified (-ABLE) (LAUGHABLE) by ridiculous type (LAUGHABLE type),
24 Popular (IN-) writer (-SCRIBE) (INSCRIBE) of score (score/etch = INSCRIBE),
25 Fair amount of (half of) iron (half of ‘irON’ = -ON-) in butchers (= anagram indicator) chop (chop = P-CHO) (PONCHO) from The Cape in South America (PONCHO),
26 Victories (wins = WIN-S) over sinister (‘eerie’ = ‘erie’ = -ERIE-) State (= homophone indicator) (WINERIES) with pressing concerns that can make drinkers blush in California (WINERIES pressing ‘blush’ / rose),
27 Snow from townscapes (‘snow’ from ‘townscapes’ = tcapes = ASPECT) and strand (ASPECT).
Down:
1 Have a similar appearance (RESEMBLE) to half of them (to half of ‘thEM’ = -EM-) consumed by angry (= anagram indicator) Rebels (rebels = RES-BLE) (RESEMBLE),
2 Precious stuff (GOLD) produced by chippy (DUST) (GOLD DUST) like hen’s teeth (like hen’s teeth / GOLD DUST),
3 Names (names = MEANS) building (= anagram indicator) in Capital (capital/money = MEANS),
5 Road (MI-) is bad (-S-OUR) around a base? (‘a base’= ‘abase’ = -DEMEAN-) (MISDEMEANOUR) The judge would say there’s little wrong with it perhaps! (MISDEMEANOUR),
6 Final demand (ULTIMATUM) by Irish university (University of Limerick = UL-) to American university (Massachusetts Institute of Technology = MIT) upset (= reversal indicator) (MIT = -TIM-) with lack of introduction (d) to a piece of information (‘datum’ without ‘d’ = -ATUM) (ULTIMATUM),
7 Frank (DIRECT) Blunt? (DIRECT),
8 Assign new actors to (RECAST) hub out of Bucharest (‘hub’ out of ‘Bucharest’ = carest = RECAST),
11 Miserable (INCONSOLABLE) in (IN-) Cabinet (console = -CONSO-LE) over where to keep the scientists (-LAB-) (INCONSOLABLE),
15 Smoothed out the divisions in The House (PLASTERED the divisions/walls) off site (PLASTERER),
16 Belgium (-BE-) behind (= positional indicator) ban (BAR-) on cooking up egregious starters (‘Cooking Up Egregious’ starters = -CUE) (BARBECUE) to grill (BARBECUE),
17 Show one the door (USHER OUT) of Escort (escort = USHER) that’s not in line (OUT) (USHER OUT),
19 Criticism (REVIEW) of Republican (R-) and Oriental (east = -E-) philosophy (-VIEW) (REVIEW),
20 Some Los Angeles songwriters (some ‘Los AngeLES SONgwriters’ = LESSON) taught in university (LESSON),
23 Clips (HOOKS) of those putting down those in Ring (swinging punches in boxing ring = HOOKS).