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Stuck on quite a few. These might help me complete.

5d This is at odds with my place of work (6) S?I?H?
26a Watery part of course abandoned by arachnophobe (4) ?H?Y
27a Barer of glad tidings (using central Post Office) (10) S?R??????M
25a Dish of rabbit i had on the train regularly (8) T??????I

Thanks in anticipation

i think anagam of this + m to give SMITH?

26A Might be WHEY but not quite seeing wordplay

27 Stripogram

25 Teriyaki

5d Smithy (a workplace of a smith)

This (anagram) + my

26a: Yes, "whey"
Little Miss Muffet was eating "curds and whey" - and was afraid of spiders!

I wasn't really convinced by this clue. I suppose that "Barer of glad tidings" could be an oblique definition, and the "(using central Post Office)" indicates that the answer is "stripogram" rather than "strippergram", but I'd have preferred either a full wordplay, or just the oblique definition - and should the word "Barer" be in inverted commas to indicate the pun?

So I propose the following alternative version of the clue for 27ac: 'Barer' of glad tidings? (10)

I wonder whether this is a new setter. This week, I finished the Listener Crossword before finishing the "easier" Times Crossword, as some of the clues took a bit of thinking through.

No, Jeff Pearce is not a new setter - He is on a rota for Sunday's
Times Cryptic with two other setters: Dean Mayer and a David McLean

Sorry, no need for 'a' !