Observer Everyman

Across 1.

Director of a circus that’s starring ... me, surprisingly (10)

6. Rowers were triumphant (4)

9. Brief attempt reversing boat in turbulent water (10)

10. Mineral derived from sago palm (4)

12. Shiner? Beef ’s applied ... with seasoning (5,6)

15. Most of country gets measure that helps display identity (7)

16. ‘Brisbane not capital?’: confused European (7)

17. Dog takes the German stew (7)

19. Skipping starter of seafood, getting in a little red aperitif (7)

20. 13 drunken bankers taking a nap (6,5)

23. An air base regularly getting bills (4)

24. Sandy, a dog, beheaded a bird (5,5)

25. ‘Staunch, good man’? Flipping Everyman!? (4)

26. Updates incorporating new flags (3,7)

Down

1. Loudly stir up arguments (4)

2. Every now and then en famille, that’s secure (4)

3. Fern, small and old, represented in novel (4,8)

4. Got cosy and had some soup? (7)

5. Silent, antagonistic son joins army (7)

7. Queen depicted upside down? Landlord’s no monarchist (10)

8. Son-in-law rising, holding a wine cocktail, feels exhilarated (5,2,3)

11. Rearranges land in gardens with merry abandon (12)

13. What’s found in hair? A group of nits with second group on top (5,5)

14. ‘New New Labour’; Keir’s leader; visionary? (10)

18. Raw seal? You’ll need to fill in a form (3,4)

19. French artist’s in the auditorium, according to Stuart monarch (7)

21. Anxious to be part of Gog and Magog, however things go (4)

22. Primarily, what are called (exotically) ‘porcini’ sometimes? (4)