Across DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

1 Days of old power studied for big corporation ( 6- 3,6)

9 Rip up root for replanting, leaving petals in a bowl? ( 9)

10 Poem about place of fantasy … ( 5)

11 … it is featured in retro street musical ( 5)

12 Venomous African country midge bites unknown number ( 9)

13 Rough National Trust walk ahead ( 8)

14 Threaten prankster with death ( 6)

16 Sack’s covering penny or something in river ( 6)

18 Take in case of broken limb being blue ( 8)

22 About fifty, one is plain absent- minded ( 9)

23 Catch up with rest of fiction ( popular) ( 3,2)

24 Personal accident cover, with strings attached ( 5)

25 Last act of Jesus – Son, in case uncertain? ( 9)

26 Male detective with hound following Joe Bloggs? ( 3,4,3,5)

Down

1 Idiots upset MP in reshuffle ( 7)

2 More bananas showing a higher number of speckles ( 7)

3 Famous Italian represented cardinal on video ( 8,2,5)

4 Lilac rim on yam’s inside reveals bitterness ( 8)

5 In a bad way in Spain, very unwell, variable ( 6)

6 Irish pool staff, small and large, getting into party drink and food ( 10,5)

7 Eastern Fleet being shelled will swallow tax boost ( 7)

8 Stood for flipping parade – tone- deaf taking part ( 7)

15 Kind of French clubs with dodgy casino Romeo inhabits ( 8)

16 There’s always a lapse before it’s read ( 4,3)

17 One has faith one will go far ( 7)

19 Retail confused lies about English artist’s place in Paris? ( 7)

20 House- keeping? It could be a flat occupation ( 7)

21 Second bird, one from America originally ( 6)