Rotorua Daily Post

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. To top the bill when at church needs a lot of formality (6)

8. Prepared to study the books at the end of the day (5)

9. Schubert's first to name work Coquille (7)

11. Left for dead? (8)

12. Nab a break in the afternoon in special extremes (5)

15. Deliver over for it to hold one's breakfast cereal (4)

16. Make it and leave room for one's manner of living (3)

17. Lay hold of tap key finishes off (4)

19. Flavoursom­e things are a woman's, holding breath initially (5)

21. Taking off revolution­ary copper that returns gin cocktail (8)

24. Half the Winter is time to change for a destructiv­e insect (7)

25. Natural aptitude of a place of fun for taking in pounds (5)

26. Double-curve to write in block capitals for a quick run (6)

DOWN

2. Bird is holding bill that is understood without words (5)

3. One earl upset a non-u blue who could be counted on (8)

4. Gangster raised by American to get a look at car engine (4)

5. Intermissi­on that will not remain intact (5)

6. 5 will thus go without food except for early meal (4)

7. Looked at what was made yesterday and partly returned (4)

10. For each adult, male, ten arrange it to be there to last (9)

12. Sounds distressed to see former schoolfell­ow in Nazi force (4)

13. Discover a pennon right inside a cooking-vessel (8)

14. Some disorder occurs where men eat together (4)

18. Incise a line to get goals (5)

20. Even if it's passed in the relay, keep going at the wicket (5)

21. Top of rudder to the stern of seaman's floating structure (4)

22. Being set like the table, is given over to the face (4)

23. For example, give up writing such precious things (4)

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