TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Agree to fix being very thin (10)

6 Nail poet that’s twisted inside (4)

9 Rock singer learning to join blooming band (7)

10 Seam put in Her Majesty’s furs (7)

12 Trump’s game upset insurgent concealing mean person exposing wrongdoing (7-6)

14 Something unusual, ‘I tarry’, needs rewriting (6)

15 Appear less civilised in puzzle (8)

17 Do away with corrupt cruel woman (3-5)

19 Six-footer belonging to religious faction (6)

22 Prepare a lithe model for Victorian artist (3-10)

24 Someone lagging in race for promotion (7)

25 Empire sacked queen as head of government (7)

26 Hearties regularly are unable to stand (4)

27 French short story with surprise ending entering competition (10)

Down

1 Mass with everyone in shopping complex (4)

2 Old gardener has hour in tall building (7)

3 Source of money and wealth hellion dissipated (4,2,3,4)

4 Needing refreshment when sun comes out, making a couple of points over love? (6)

5 Party in playground having to turn up smarter (8)

7 Sheep gets to tear around refreshed (7)

8 Group of soldiers abandon traitors (6,4)

11 Very rich woman crashed airline’s limos (13)

13 Bad-tempered person in vote plot (10)

16 Previously popular leading man’s touring time (8)

18 Debonair, making a gentle change (7)

20 Old professors deserve interrupting that is on the rise (7)

21 Tyrant installing son in base (6)

23 Dress up showing swagger (4)