CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Go off to get married in

ceremony (4)

3 Blunder, tucking into regional cheese after the Spanish fruity wine? (10)

9 Some food’s outside (4) 10 Make too few runs, maybe

creating stress (10)

11 Rotten decorator for cakes in

general? (7)

13 Fought the French – dust’s

settling around (7)

14 Fall for something old wives

claim, talking butterfly (11) 18 Not admitted into church, as

lacking foundation (11) 21 Design of paper or magazine

cutting I twice rejected (7) 22 What health inspector seeks in

hospital, eyeing rubbish (7) 23 Italian artist’s belt – coil it for

sculpting (10)

24 Something for the home that’s

welcome if retiring (2-2) 25 With Frenchman backing US soldier, chorus is electrifying (10) 26 Paste menu’s logo evenly over

displays (4)

DOWN

1 Marine creature with compact

power or elegance (8)

2 Won a farm for conversion and

boat (3-2-3)

4 Solitary type of bank worker on

the phone? (5)

5 Possible outcome of reading

English with OK tutor (9) 6 Number one footballer being

transferred? (11)

7 Character keeps climbing to

ferret about (6) 8 Bond returns and admits

defeat (6)

12 Devious computing (11) 15 Idiosyncrasy in variety of cakes

wins (9)

16 Royal crimper, I also cut equally

high and low (8)

17 Admitted to a seedy club, that

chap’s 26 (8)

19 Repair shoe’s lump underfoot?

(6)

20 Part of body being stroked

occasionally (3,3)

22 Unveiled, she lent beauty to

mythology (5)