Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Burlesque keeps staff in regular income

(6)

4 Appeases spiteful woman, caught in

unfortunate lapse (8)

9 When detectives must return detecting

apparatus (5)

10 Minister given beer for musical

composition (9)

11 Part of a meal’s a swindle, not even a

mouthful (7)

12 Garment that’s more than a couple of

pounds (7)

13 Current controller overcomes bag (66) 17 Sliding drawer, an idea for early 20th

century (9,3)

20 Raise in rank, making some well

spoken nob legitimate (7)

22 Time, certainly, for cancellation (7) 23 Busy person gets child crackers and

fruit from a tree (54)

24 What citizens once wore to have a chat

(5)

25 Reactivates skills after a breather (8) 26 Minor seagod’s torn it violently (6)

DOWN

1 One entering force gets commendation

(6)

2 Approach on horseback, and work to a

higher position (4,2)

3 Where to relax on a cruise with

ornament about tresses? (45)

5 Lint for nurses injured in the field?

(4,2,7)

6 An icecream, perhaps, about right for

an old woman (5)

7 A jolly meal, separately, yet upset

about it (35)

8 Acting furtively, they last out (8) 10 Cut up rubbish to make appropriate

citywear? (36,4) 14 One who guarantees strife, a

bombastic speaker (9)

15 Church doctor in rush held up for a

month (8)

16 Lively, uptodate people who’ve been

suspended? (8)

18 Move head of Treasury to make a

financial statement (6)

19 Instruction that one needs in a

heatwave? (6)

21 The man, with a snake around, makes

the tea (5)