Observer Everyman

Across

1. Fine food, a weakness (8)

5. Primarily unrealistic? Thomas once pictured it acerbically! (6)

10. Poet writes; ‘special’ Queen Elizabeth described! (7)

11. Marmite regularly seen around in France: well, that’s relaxing (7)

12. Reported harvest in country (5)

13. Instilled deeply in English: bad weather and, regularly, feuds (9)

14. Whirl twig around welcoming back rub for pilot (6,6)

18. Theatre backer, not bold, abandoned play (3,9)

21. Shuns cat (hedgehog’s partly free from injury) (9)

23. Horned beast losing oxygen and energy in river (5)

Down

24. Tax part of ... most of ... unsophisticated neckwear (7)

25. Pop act of the ‘80s, The Firm? (7)

26. Where you see Italians get some shut-eye ... and the French (6)

27. Given three seconds, revolutionary lefty oddly missing kings, queens, etc (5,3) 1. A little shade’s ignored in sketch (6)

2. Change course: slippery fish turns around with room to manoeuvre (6)

3. Country with value on continent (not France) (5,4)

4. He’s fed her bacon, fried, for meaty supper (6,4,4)

6. Shin up, Everyman? In a bit (5)

7. GNP’S fine! Rolling in cash ... once (8) 8. A holy book ... solemn vow ... what else? Finally, something to combat evil (8)

9 Terribly bad manners, drinking gallons: a Sirah’s drained with meal (7,3,4)

15 Skipping starter, greybeard’s chewed baked goods (3,6)

16 In ancient culture, centaurs made merry (8)

17 Instrument, Japanese (Eastern), sounding out of tune around West (4,4)

19 Enemies in European and Irish rising (6)

20 A bird going after bee, endlessly (and fly) (4,2)

22 Conscious of feature missing in tea set (5)