Times Crossword 25,702 - sporting no undies?

Solving Time: 24 minutes, once again with one wrong, this time a simple typo. I solve on paper and then tend to be a bit 8dn filling in the online grid, leaving me 27ac when errors flag up. This crossword seemed otherwise quite straightforward, with few obscurities other than our Victorian composer and I suppose the African soldier, both gettable. It makes me laugh that someone like Stainer is considered acceptable crossword fodder but JJ Thomson, his far more eminent contemporary, probably would not be


cd = cryptic definition, dd = double definition, rev = reversed, anagrams are *(--), homophones indicated in ""

ODO means the Oxford Dictionaries Online

Across
1	role player - *(REP REALLY + Othello)
6	pish - skiP IS Humming. Often (but not that often, nowadays) seen with tush, a word that changes its meaning as it crosses the Atlantic
9	propertied - really = PROPER + TIED = "owned by brewery." This seems OK, as one can say "He was proper drunk" or similar, though I wouldn't personally
10	lama - Leave After Mass Actually
12	constabularies - no criminals = CONS TABU + Large + ARIES, the zodiac sign of the ram
14	apache - A PAC(K) + HE
15	begetter - a jocular cd, I suppose. Be an acquirer.. It might work if English is your father's second language
17	escargot - somE lorrieS + CARGO + Tons
19	Edison - IS in E DON. Today's token science element, though he was more of an engineer really
22	at ones disposal - *(EAST POLAND IS SO)
24	nude - No UnDiEs. A good spot by the setter, if that is original.. my cod I think
25	Rawalpindi - W + ALPIN(E) in *(RAID). It was news to me that Rawalpindi is ancient, but almost any fact about the place would be news to me
26	ring - doctor = RIG containing Neuralgia
27	bewildered - (Oscar) WILDE in BE RED
Down
1	ripe - (T)RIPE, a totally inedible part of a cow, that my grandmother liked
2	Leonora - ON (working) + OR (men) in LEA, a field
3	press charges - Press = newspapers + CHARGES = costs
4	astray - A + STreet + RAY (of light)
5	executed - senior manager = EXEC + UTE + Departs. Ute turns up quite regularly
7	imagist - MAGI in IST. Imagists were a group of early c20 poets
8	headstrong - *(THE DRAGON'S)
11	eavesdropped - cd.. the eaves dropped, geddit?
13	wage earner - With + AGE + (L)EARNER
16	cold wave - warning = CAVE containing OLD W. Not a hair treatment I am familiar with, Collins says "a permanent wave made by chemical agents applied at normal temperatures"
18	Croydon - colleague = CRONY + DO, with the N dropping to the end. I won't give my opinion of Croydon, for fear of causing offence... it's gave birth to Tracy Emin, I will say no more. To be fair there are quite a lot of famous Croydonians
20	Stainer - cd. Presumably a reference to John Stainer
21	askari - ASK + *(AIR). I thought Askaris were policemen, but apparently they were soldiers also
23	find - FI(E)ND