1 Well-adjusted weapon in far from satisfactory surroundings ... (8)
6 ...a weight drawback, nevertheless (6)
9 Most Lerwick inhabitants have a stable character (6)
10 Contributing factor to drop in performance? (4-4)
11 Flat round insect that s a nuisance on the lawn (8)
12 Anger about team that's rejected fantastic solution (6)
13 Defences provided for girl in couturier's garment (12)
16 Announcement from the Roman Capitol (12)
19 Fly? Parisian repeatedly making return trip (6)
21 Only women in the main go back for flowers (8)
23 A girl to succeed, if coloured (8)
24 Hot line? (6)
25 Among the most progressive of feminists, one with a taste for men (6)
26 There's nothing in the North Polar region but snow (8)

2 Old Archbishop of Canterbury first seen hiding in a tree (6)
3 Exhausted every avenue of escape (3-2)
4 Cost of transporting sodium from Port of Spain (9)
5 Illegal holding, linked up with Euros at source (7)
6 Article delivered to a plant (5)
7 China has a poor start to the game (9)
8 Greek anthem, a somewhat episodic one (8)
13 Mark is fed up, we hear, at having Oriental food (9)
14 Elizabeth's pet sheep (9)
15 Fixing a date to hear evidence on swindle (8)
17 The devil is a diabolical fellow (7)
18 Sign given, for instance, when backing a car (6)
20 Investing money in sound equipment for Lords (5)
22 Loves to include a book that's moulding (5)