Observer Everyman

Across

1. Stop in country’s southernmost county (4)

3. Rejection of force after brief encounter (5-3)

10. Point in difficult situation with leaders of army keen for short holiday (9)

11. Plug I put in near lowest point (5)

12. Condemn popular article about beasts (7)

13. Everything in exhibition is superficial (7)

15. Gossip left doctor in peril after examination (13)

18. Pointed shoes in shocking pink were slick (6-7)

20. Endless odd elements of theory presented in revolutionary way (7)

22. River bank in very large city in France (7)

23. Opening clue, not hard, otherwise taken back (5)

25. Key? It’s in steel as ordered (9)

26. Leave poems bearing name with singular merit (8)

27. Spy and spymaster appear (4)

Down

1. Oppose heartless mob, breaking cover (6)

2. Conversion of sinner, a case for rebirth (11)

4. Dissolute men in scrapes (5)

5. Offence? Opening old wine, not having one cocktail (9,5)

6. Casual eccentric (3)

7. Loudly working to secure prize, endlessly alert (8)

8. Amendment of a bill can harm no president (7,7)

9. Medium with psychic awareness about evil used to be confused (6,2)

14. Law-making stage that is interrupted by small, important upset (11)

16. Note angry energy in sport (8)

17. Extensive lamentation after end of bliss (8)

19. Place of refuge in fantasy, luminous (6)

21. Vegetables, smooth, first to last (5)

24. Temperature? Zero, more than once as well (3)