ACROSS 1 Corrupt king and gangster taking in height of honour (10) 6 Eggs lobbed principally in cricket ground (4) 9 An act taking on tricky alias for this festival (10) 10 I am a mosque leader? Yes (4) 12 Orange tree in trouble with this renewal (12) 15 Don’t make a fuss of the paint being finished (5,4) 17 Holds on to bits of the castle (5) 18 Provide food for feline with some hesitation (5) 19 Hide patiently and fib regarding weight we hear (3,2,4) 20 Cursory description of a children’s poem (7,5) 24 Skin of pear in dessert to some extent (4) 25 Peter from Paris taking in a romantic evening in a flat (4-1-5) 26 Point, seeing copper penny containing a hint of silver (4) 27 Lavishly praised lines on English footwear (10) DOWN 1 Gently touch prow of ketch with one ship (4) 2 Letter in one’s tray actioned initially (4) 3 Ailing, try healer set in this vicinity (6,6) 4 Drag the man to the top of a short avenue (5) 5 Ring surviving elder, maybe a provider of fruit (5,4) 7 Current anger bachelor has getting stuck in to tax, the sucker (7,3) 8 Tum noisily rumbled providing some lightness (10) 11 Spooner’s marking Peter as one to take money for Ford perhaps (7,5) 13 For example, concert I composed might show me to be this (10) 14 Steps taken to get pictures of old Labour leader (10) 16 Formidable women defeated key rivals (9) 21 Monster water source no longer signed off by the National Trust (5) 22 What’s found in the sea, no longer cold when put in the mouth (4) 23 Surrender top tennis player by the sound of it (4)