CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Courage to pull out (5) 4 Identify all letters in time (5) 10 County partition comprising cereal crop? (8)

11 Royal Engineers in temper, tied up (6) 12 Pretty tune carried by little creature (6) 13 Vehicle I abandoned, gone! (8) 14 Crucial game ends in unexpected failure: drink! (7) 16 Musical organ behind orchestra leader (6) 17 Trout swimming around black fish (6) 19 Suppose papa has to start again (7) 21 Beginning in Norway, Laotian moving across the country (8) 22 Minister in power tries to reform (6)

23 Little affront (6)

24 New Testament book including Church of England stories (8) 25 Dull writing needs beauty on page (5) 26 Cheap drink put down carelessly (5)

DOWN

2 Sign sailor died in onesie (7)

3 Shorten link in game (8,6) 5 State supports friend making unnecessary fuss (7)

6 Fish left lonesome at sea (5,4) 7 Quick money earned, cash initially invested (4) 8 Prescribed stroll, authorised (14) 9 Sheltered by sympathiser, enemies calm (6)

15 Switch rotated on explosive device (9) 18 Functional Italian island retreats headed by American (6) 19 Star’s path originally followed by sailor adrift (7) 20 Festival, North Japanese possibly? (7)

22 Father’s enthralling mass ceremony (4)