Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Roe (4)

4 Limb (3)

6 Lug, haul (4)

8 Shavers (6)

9 Staring (6)

10 Nags here (anag.) (8) 11 Behaves (4)

12 Retaliatory action (7-6) 17 The former Mesopotamia (4)

19 Highly biased (8)

22 Exit (3,3)

23 Bent (muscles) (6)

24 Cowshed (4)

25 Up till now (3)

26 Booty (4)

Down

2 Grind (teeth) (5)

3 No thugs (anag.) (7)

4 Passageway (5)

5 Purplish red (7)

6 Italian takeaway (5)

7 Maniac (7)

10 Intentionally so (3) 13 The Virgin Mary (3,4) 14 Fellow-feeling (7)

15 Lavatories (7)

16 Family (3)

18 Cite (5)

20 Repair (5)

21 Stadium (5)