TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Fairly good judge, following fashion (8) 5 April’s turned out to be springlike (6) 9 Pile of hay’s put with wild fruit in carriage (8) 10 Channel without water mentioned (6) 11 Fast eating that is initially not sparing (7) 12 City in great shambles (7) 13 Clear coach’s avoiding one father? (11) 16 Summons to action from US president, and French come round (7,4) 21 Leaving South Carolina, motorcyclist or walker (7) 22 Humiliate degree-holder briefly seen in river (7) 23 Killer struck worker (6) 24 First couple of questions priest composed to be comic (8) 25 After exercises, Swiss hero rolled over in small ball (6) 26 Inconsistent bishop avoids scepticism following fashionable article (2,3,3)

Down

1 Man accepts alternative spirits (6) 2 Pour out of brigade canteen (6) 3 Admiration as Peter’s turned about 100 (7) 4 One responsible for somebody’s health after a meal (11) 6 Favourite college will get over a bloomer (7) 7 Caught on concerning a sled I damaged (8) 8 Intelligentsia must be switched on, period – it’s uplifting (8) 12 Have a fling then go? It’s what some do after retiring! (4,3,4) 14 Features cool spacecraft (8) 15 Grey knight in fix – and others (8) 17 Attendant coming over poorly gets sack (7) 18 Not a pleasing, deviating type of bowling (3,4) 19 Junk excessively personal artwork (6) 20 Covert cult embracing religious class (6)