ACROSS
 7. TR inside EX ALE GAL = EXTRALEGAL <outside the bounds of law>
 9. OO outside H_N = OH NO <how awful!>
10. DR + 0 IDS = DROIDS <robots>
11. <prepare for battle> LAWYER UP = PURELY* outside A W
12. <bit of appreciation> KUDO = U inside K DO
14. <certain> INARGUABLE = BULGARIAN* _E
16. <showed off> DEMOED = MO inside DEED
17. MUM B_A + I = MUMBAI <city>
20. (BEST outside RID) OBE = BRIDES-TO-BE <fiancées>
22. <novice> NEWB = _N_E_W_B
23. (US off FIRE MUSEUM)* = FREEMIUM <business model>
25. Y J inside FREA[-k] = FREYJA <goddess>
27. _K P OP = K-POP <Asian musical genre>

DOWN
 1. <ruthless HR manager perhaps> AXER = [-l]AXER
 2. C IF OR inside ARM = ARCIFORM <in the shape of a bow>
 3. A (MSG inside LIVERS) = ALMSGIVERS <donors>
 4. (.m)PLE W(a.) = PLEW <beaver pelt>
 5. TOP (K inside EA) = TOPEKA <city in Kansas>
 6. (UNVEIL WILF)* = IN FULL VIEW <for all to see>
 8. ←PA + CLEG[-g]← = GELCAP <an easier pill to swallow?>
13. (WARD NURSE)* outside P = UNDER WRAPS <in secret>
15. GLEE outside (UTE + NF R_) = GLUTEN-FREE <like buckwheat, for instance>
18. <mountain> BEN NEVIS = VIBES* outside N NE
19. <duckweed> BOGMAT = GM inside BOAT
21. DIE + PPE = DIEPPE <French port where the Allies lost in the World War II>
24. KITTY - K = ITTY <really small>
26. JE + DI = JEDI <knight at the movies?>