CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Weigh up defence’s case and set free (10) 6 Measure that’s too expensive to lose heart (4) 10 Sight victory as it evolves (5) 11 Person doomed to carry fallen idol is canal worker (9) 12 Makes fun of date disheartened with fairground attractions (7) 13 Revolution by engineers to be green (7)

14 Offence of men renting if thrown out (12) 18 Eastern firm employed by a French communist is open to all (12)

21 Office of monarch ignoring government’s fellow feeling (7) 23 European articles will come after a second apart (7)

24 The people’s vote in Ohio worried head of industry (3,6) 25 Something that blows over, giving great enjoyment (5) 26 Separate skill required after parking (4)

27 Angry about rescheduled event being confirmed (10) DOWN

1 Share identification in club with a poor reputation (6) 2 People who fail in ambitious resolutions turning up (6) 3 Getting on train for Harrow, perhaps (8,6) 4 Doctor from Bognor perhaps starts to treat rheum after rhinoplasty (9) 5 Cosmetic surgery to tensor with no end of problems (5) 7 Shows nervousness seeing the Yorkshire charmers (8) 8 Signs left on board sent off (8) 9 Big city’s argument against Mediterranean island forest (8,6)

15 Fruit that may be source of honey in Spain (9)

16 Food outlet folds before spring (4,4) 17 Weather feature that is on river edge (8) 19 Poems on South American port (6) 20 Furrow, seeing circle in wood (6)

22 Unhappy Londoner holding post carrying power (5)