Cryptic crossword
ACROSS
7 Success assuming Queen
generation’s legacy (8)
9 Capital is new with fool’s gold
(6)
10 Rabbit’s tail, small and trim
(4)
11 Strangely hesitant to accept
American supporter (10)
12 Dismal victory attempt (6)
14 Clear over story about Conservative grabbing member (8)
15 Hazy, beginning to get wet (6)
17 Coal is unloaded for public
(6)
20 Delay following parking jam?
(8)
22 Rejection of French love
gripping man’s heart (6)
23 Brad Pitt perhaps taking on
female villain (10)
24 Sweet herb (4)
25 Providing returns while facing
company collapse (6)
26 Small bird diving around lake
(8)
DOWN
1 Education after half-term’s
suffering (8)
2 Hand that’s good, holding
spades (4)
3 Security, for example,
checking iron temperature (6)
4 Bar nothing welcoming
naughty nude suggestion (8)
5 Reckoning on time, as it
turned out (10)
6 Cheers without rising for
decoration (6)
8 End of affaire, say, giving
grounds (6)
13 Headed over save, oddly, in
short cross (10)
16 Some tommyrot arranged to
hold up storyteller (8)
18 Inclination to accept right
result of 1 Down? (8)
19 Loathed embracing
sweetheart with passion (6)
21 Rockers’ old ally delivering important equipment initially (6)
22 Caught, gutted by disastrous
run (6)
24 Everyone supports motorway
shopping centre (4)