Weekend Herald - Canvas

Observer Everyman

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Across

1. HS2’S plans: official reports describe detailed electric transporta­tion (6,6)

10. Disney tune the French singer’s getting to at last (3,2,2)

11. Hanover king, egregious lunatic after losing America (6,1)

12. Get on... get on... about... about... (5)

13. Final half of bowling, champ’s losing heart a lot (4,4)

15. Rashly, he sued aunt for carelessne­ss (5,5)

16. Vain and regularly indulged (4)

18. Dutch specialty that’s made round? (4)

20. To be summarily dismissed, you might do this at the butcher’s counter (3,3,4)

22. A polenta stew requiring next to no effort (2,1,5)

24. Sun god’s receiving thanks from worshipper (5)

26. Original impetus for feminist campaign (5,2)

27. Actually, half-missing dearly departed balloon (7)

28. Atmospheri­c processes produced by automobile­s overtaking bishop on bike (6,6)

Down

2. Spoke, and mumbled, without mumbling at first (7)

3. Um... I’d like to have a look at that (3,2,3)

4. Also, knight removed from chessboard (4)

5. Taking last two slices, bistro guest ate in country, not respecting others (5,5)

6. Make horizontal axis the reverse of what you’d expect (5)

7. ‘Good to enter into unrestrain­ed nudism’: big name in psychoanal­ysis (7)

8. Somehow, seaport usable for vessels used only for fun (8-5)

9. Pershing felt a worry, creating machines of war (7,6)

14. Become a success, capable of recompense (4,2,2,2)

17. Enormous jerk about to commit sin with one female (8)

19. American cinema, oddly uninspirin­g (7)

21. One caught in childhood game wearing quaint socks (7)

23. Behold! First half of pulpit address delivers one that’s been left behind (5)

25. Element derived from quartz in compounds (4)

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