CROSSWORD

Clues across

4. Groomed, as a mistress is when getting married inside (5) 6. Dark fur has sufficed on the outside for the incapacitated (8) 9. Act in a comical manner with a sleeping bag (7) 10. Carriage takes drunken sot into unsullied surroundings (7) 11. Bet on diary showing an accumulation of work (7) 12. Arrive carrying right notice for fellow member of the Party (7) 13. Support ancient name being abused (11) 18. Going back into the bidet area you will find it has been supplied with oxygen (7) 20. I retain disposition and inclination to remain inactive (7) 22. What the medicine is supposed to do, likely internally, is charm (7) 24. Gorilla eats vegetables to gratify demand (7) 25. Practise what the appeals judge does with oriental (8) 26. A certain proportion – indeed the whole middle – of the speech (5)

Clues down

1. Saunter along street with bagel (6) 2. A maple syrup, for example, produced promptly please (1,1,1,1) 3. An immense cloud in space is unable to be dispersed (6) 4. A very attractive young woman in Saskatchewan flipping Turkish takeaways (6) 5. Mother eats cod I cooked, just a small amount (7) 6. Most pleased to be removed from the glare (9) 7. The groom’s offsider is unfortunately absent, having grabbed millions (4,3) 8. Discourage being misinterpreted in the end when turning up (5) 12. I danced at training to become a possible MP (9) 14. Enter uninvited, shaking tin, quite ill-mannered (7) 15. Newbie used even bits of peanut bread? Nuts! (7) 16. Cause disorder with impertinence (5) 17. Take in the view – the outskirts of Bilbao – from the summerhouse (6) 19. Ecstatic to be heard having performed some hip-hop (6) 21. Previously saucy, now knowledgeable (6) 23. This peer is almost ahead of his time (4)