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Another good, fun puzzle.

That said, while the answer to 16d is 'seems' clear enough, the parsing has me baffled, especially the reference to 'liberal' - 'L' doesn't appear anywhere in my answer so 'dropping it back two places' is out of the question. It would sort of make sense if the L were to be swapped with another letter but that's about as far as I get!

16d Ousting when liberal drops back two places in poll (8)

Hi Brendan, L drops back two places in the alphabet.

Got it, many thanks Mattrom.

Can anyone help with 26A? I've got all but three letters but still can't work out what it could possibly be!

27a and 17d: I can find words to fit, but can't justify them beyond, "Well, they fit." Pointers?

Rather anagram heavy overall; and 15 is just plain wrong - Sturgeon’s aim is not the key word for the answer. That is already in place. Her aim is independence.

Never mind. Got it. I had 16D wrong: read Ousting as a verb, as most people will, I reckon.

Good point, Jack! The clue for 5A seems back to front to me, too.

Hi Biggus
17D: Think Yiddish sentimentality and cut it in half, then add synonym for exude ('percolate' doesn't really capture it, imo)
27A is just an anagram of the author + fr

Is there any justification for "frequently" = "fr"?