CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,323

Across

1 Ill-feeling heard to reach the highest level (4) 3 Scamp, I soon reform to engender pity (10) 9 Dad not right in the head (4) 10 Artist keeping maximum speed comes to land aircraft (10) 11 Sound of American soldier in pub (7) 13 What cricket captain may do, say (7) 14 Use sedan maybe to convey someone who is in charge of assembly? (11) 18 Disaster when jazz fan leads a Greek song (11) 21 Seller initially taken in by customer, a joker (7) 22 My friend, formerly runner? (3,4) 23 Electronic device for fortuneteller? (4,6) 24 Part of another expensive present (4) 25 Girl brought to head after Religious Education for negligence (10) 26 Second-rate idiot as a singer (4)

Down

1 The old man of the upper class to reprimand common people (8) 2 West Indian not favouring endless natural fertiliser (8) 4 College educator, i.e. lecturer, putting lots off (5) 5 Mickey-takers offering censure upset poets (9) 6 What you see in Gregory, being inconsiderate of others (4-7) 7 Surrounded by equipment and ready to go? (2,4) 8 Catch the female going down under (6) 12 Distorted images at circus are funny (11) 15 Come on stage – short spot – to bring delight (9) 16 See them heading off in record time – they won’t last long (8) 17 Way in which you see revolutionary left-winger rambles (8) 19 Astronaut in secure capsule ascending (6) 20 Worker on edge somewhere in NI (6) 22 ‘angs around for at least a dozen deliveries (5)