DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

Across

1 Rivals in union: one French – righteous, utterly – facing Scotsman linked to church (6,8)

9 That girl’s gloves, we hear they’ve become separated (7)

10 Thrill to have good racket after losing clubs (7)

11 Having consumed whiskey, revolutionary number one is drunk, proverbially (4)

12 Wavering, abstain – RIP trying to please both sides? (10)

14 Go the wrong way with shopping trip? (6)

15 Torture giving detectives bit of a shock (8)

17 English welcome in patio after rambling about country (8)

18 Group in open red omnibus, backward-looking in fashion (6)

21 Lacking the capacity to host for five? Impossible to justify (10)

22 Chap touring Spain gets tight (4)

24 Is the Italian island phone firm turning over capital? (7)

25 Outline device to have a lasting impression? (7)

26 Farming types with rustic guitars dancing around lake (14)

Down

1 Make psycho release the door? (7)

2 Excessive admiration of that man over rank or posting (4-11) 3 Put clock up (4)

4 Attack while yacht maybe goes under (6)

5 Book taxi home for cottage in wood? (3,5)

6 Paint a toad for a change? Yes (10)

7 Alludes to angry former employers? (5-10)

8 My being under doctor goes on (6)

13 Latin period (4,6) 16 Redesigned atrium covering is sweet (8)

17 Value of shares in players’ organisation (6)

19 Noun’s disguised hiding place in puzzle (7)

20 Forty per cent of public lose trust in Cabinet (6)

23 Rent one’s shed, sadly – that sounds different! (4)