Observer Everyman

Across

1. Moments to turn around fringe projects (7)

5. Settlement made by prince in drama (6)

10. Little consolation in court keeping outdated business from changing (4,7)

11. Colour and flavour, not good (3)

12. Free almost up to end of voyage (5)

13. Eager bull disturbed butterfly (5,4)

14. Past subject, consuming half of saga, to know similarly (2,3,4,5)

17. Charade may fail to shake physicist (7,7)

21. Account about popular Pacific island mostly using two languages (9)

22. Hostile, dismissing a piece of poetry (5)

24. Earlier round in casino game (3)

25. Caper involving revolutionary attack and rescue (11)

26. Amount of medicine that’s wise after party (6)

27 Satisfaction about costume (7)

Down

1. Yields reserves, including carbon copy, with hesitation (8)

2. Leave time for composer (5)

3. Spice cut by moving the knife (7)

4. Tune you miss, all distracted at the same time (14)

6. Traced fantastically old style of design (3,4)

7. Cover, outside dry shelter, new part of connecting rod (6,3)

8. Offer, not tough (6)

9. Rising initially in rank with fresh face, devotee and bringer of luck (4-4,6)

15. Republican, bad one among lots and lots (9)

16. Heap of combustible material observed up in mountains (8)

18. Be in suspense with boxer perhaps looking defeated (7)

19. Blushing about always being admired (7)

20. Sailor with stash, not hot, on ship? (6)

23. Get up around noon and wash (5)