TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Bounty’s captain loses head with drunkard – a noted farce? (5,5) 6 Drug from a police department (4) 10 One doomed daughter of Lear (not the Italian) (5) 11 Wine brewed nearest us (9) 12 School cricket side hosted by old king (7) 13 Let down seeing scenery set in river (7) 14 Fresh trainees hate to increase risk (5,3,4) 18 Oppressed heretics fled somewhere in Derbyshire (12) 21 A fashionable set in function that’s senseless (7) 23 Make lord over in novel bonnet (7) 24 Get behind with revising, being ignorant (9) 25 Kid needs afternoon snacks to get energy (5) 26 Pitcher of Milwaukee Brewers (4) 27 Cover up QPR broadcast bloomers (10)

Down

1 What’s left, say, in flimsy surroundings (6) 2 Scrawny mob put on plays – nothing odd about that (6) 3 Trio of distant objects for less than a penny (5,9) 4 Group chasing Poldark getting upset, one owns (9) 5 Global tour (5) 7 Trick to appreciate good dancing (8) 8 Mess with attractive woman, the first one having left (8) 9 Complaining to Heston finally about healthy meat dish (4,10) 15 Offer to take trouble in number 10? (4-5) 16 Small pack endlessly trumpeted as thing to do with eggs? (8) 17 Intended following of French resistance (8) 19 Burning a briquette initially to use no energy (6) 20 Economic slump, losing one third when Parliament’s not sitting (6) 22 Guard overlooking small gate (5)