FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Get back in touch with antique car that’s broken down (10)

6 Nadir perhaps – making regular appearances in Mansfield (4)

10 Brown arboreal creatures making comeback round India (5)

11 Because of attraction to opposite sex, Edward VIII perhaps abdicating (9)

12 Hermit – a person having doubts spending penny (7)

13 It’s wicked consuming last of plonk, as much as one can drink (7)

14 Banisters are cracked, leading to problems (12)

18 Burn-out male’s battling can be overcome (12)

21 Stop old comedian being upright (7)

23 Get excited about space – so English (7)

24 Getting cold in rough sea, hobby surfers from the 1960s (5,4)

25 Be despondent, backing second coming in – here? (5)

26 Quits late in the day (4)

27 Trader cheers in the Pequod perhaps (10)

Down

1 Rogue artist reaching Southern California (6)

2 View quietly adopted by a religious group (6)

3 Provide billet for crew in 1945? (7,2,5)

4 Love of fiance developed, taking time (9)

5 Standards of behaviour and not way to address a lady? (5)

7 Smell almost not as much – effect of runny nose? (8)

8 Brief speech? (8)

9 Characters shifted landlords from Paris? (7,7)

15 Crossing Republic of South Africa, journey around (9)

16 Meet with fool going to national stadium endlessly (8)

17 Educated person argued at random (8)

19 Item of seafood picked up with not so much hesitation (6)

20 Brazilian footballer seen in Hackney Marshes (6)

22 Manage to upset husband for a very long time (5)