Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Worked doggedly at home, connected to electrical circuit (7,2) 6 Guns brought back for men only (4) 10 Hearty eccentric, I’ll take the bill (7) 11 Show of boldness, well done, without notice (7) 12 Frank objective that strikers shouldn’t miss (4,4) 13 Nearly every tree growing on mountaintops (6) 15, 22 Event of 17, 21 — ranting by awfully hostile Left about BA (8,2,3,8) 17, 21 Revolutionary date, one of course remarkably joyful! (3,10,2,4) 22 See 15 Across 24 Because of being in debt, Tom’s a thousand short (5,2) 25 The last part shows nurse about to be sick (43) 26 Commotion, loud, alongside posh liner? (4) 27 Dames seen rioting — was understandable (4,5)

DOWN

1 Carp at iron tool, one with no end (4,2) 2 Unwinds in United Nations dances (7) 3 Attending lectures? About to, with old king grabbing leg (5,2,7) 4 More than one haranguer leads crime waves (10) 5 Superior persons, a number above the surgeon (4) 7 Upholder of emperors, temperate about eastern garments (7) 8 Head of government, let down, scowled (8) 9 Fail to take steps to have a trip southward? (4,10) 14 Appeared on stage after topless season and affected one another (10) 16 Temporarily suspended and kept at a distance (5,3) 18 Orders to unite among aliens — not half! (7) 19 Artist’s outburst of bile in working without pay (7) 20 Interfere in award, we hear (6) 23 Mould a class (4)

See next Saturday’s edition for the solution to this puzzle.