Sunday Times Crossword 4797

Across

1 Say money changing’s substantial (3,7) 7 Composer’s time to leave group (4)

9 Result of punching farmer? Split fences (5,3) 10 Level crossing I’ll support (6)

11 With luxury, no husband needed (4)

12 I came back and consumed waste (8) 14 One can deal with raised levels of exposure, surely? (8,4) 17 Well-equipped writers (8,4) 19 Scratch plain fabric (8) 21 Mass brawl (4) 23 Tasteless gear’s given award (6)

24 Will jump to avoid sword pinning one with one leg (8)

25 Just about to have lavatory emptied (4) 26 Faceless spy in old document, rewritten (10)

Down

2 Frozen veteran standing outside new house (2,4) 3 Tax collector’s old name, as written up (9)

4 Top ten record, one from the bottom (4) 5 Fourth or fifth, maybe, or the best of the rest? (7,8) 6 Drove home, reduced speed in seaside resort (10) 7 US city needs no more curry (5)

8 Hot air from hand on mouth (8) 13 Eucharist disrupted quiet clergyman’s office once (10) 15 Wind, mostly commonplace, is causing illness (9)

16 Party people are present (8)

18 Over a cold, cold sea (6) 20 Quick way to get into bed? (5)

22 Cracking sound you’ll hear (4)