CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Maybe gets tired and sick in mind, which is damaging (11)

8. Breathe new life into fiery Viv like this (8)

9. Note on an argument that will increase in size (4)

10. The effrontery of it: it’s money! (5)

13. Care about people (4)

16. Will creep ahead to an island (4)

17. Some are blessed to a smaller degree (4)

18. Puts me in an afterword of prayer (4)

20. The main stem is of beasts on a farm (5)

24. Lean over an inventory (4)

25. Culture handed down from their different era (8)

26. Colouring medium pint pots are used for (6,5)

DOWN

2. A deadly sin found among men vying for attention (4)

3. Right to declare one a lively, uninhibited person (5)

4. Fails to catch hand-warmers (5)

5. A cat can be a flashy vulgarian (5)

6. Not quite a royal person I get friendly with in the main (11)

7. Brushmen skate around the lotteries (11)

11. Something not right with a schoolmistress (5)

12. Around five might also get a round of applause (5)

14. Primate meets ten at the summit (4)

15. Some land held up in Upper Caledonia (4)

19. Chits may be issued by musicians (5)

21. It’s not our time to find a successor (5)

22. Sort of tea, and what it’s served in (5)

23. Profit by the clock, which will be fast (4)