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)