I was able to crack it..of course with a ltl bit of help from the dictionary though...Here are the answers/explanations..
Across
1 Avertt farewell celebration where there is a change at the outset (4,3) stop off ..Edit:it is fend off
5 Defective dagger thrown away (6) dagger anagram = ragged
9 Two articles on a river in Hades (5) an,the=anthe ..Edit: it is lethe
10 Off the cuff, in a manner of speaking (9) extempore - direct meaning
11 Launch of a portal? (7) opening
12 Dante Rossetti, for one (7) Gabriel (had to use online help)
13 Correspond with the first friend (5) T+ally = tally
14 Morse invention (9) telegraph
16 Premise he stipulates for almanac (9) ephemeris
19 Windshield adjunct (5) wiper
21 Scares with baby toys (7) rattles
23 Retorts by southern confederates (7) S+allies=sallies
24 Not the right way to start music on (5,4) Wrong note
25 O, it's pleasant to skate thus! (2,3) O + nice = On ice
26 At last, a sister shakes herself out of a state of inactivity (6) stasis
27 Not existent any longer (7) extinct
Down
1 What those with mass instinct do (6,3,5) shadow the crowd Edit: follow the crowd
2 What an insane person eats? Not exactly! (7) oatmeal Edit: nutmeal
3 The quality of a gross person? (7) obesity
4 Right, free passage given to the cargo ship (9) freighter
5 String words together again (2-3) re-tag
6 A shikari's kill goes into it (4,3) game bag
7 I race to tear up amatory literature (7) erotica - I race to anagran
8 It is well to show this kind of veneration to others (7,7) healthy respect
15 At the end of which it's "curtains" (4,5) last scene
17 Criticises what a very successful batsman does (4,3) hits out
18 Abuses Frenchman dismantling signal (7) Maligns - M+ signal anagram
19 Leave strikingly? (4,3) walk out
20 In rapid recollection relating to yesterday (7) pridian - in rapid anagram
22 Scares away loafers by sound (5) shoos
-rAApi
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