CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. So lotion can be applied for comforting action (11)

8. Taken by mouth, about one gin is the first (8)

9. It bakes lunch starter as the family comes round (4)

10. Make a pretence of rules for a printer (5)

13. It almost made port in its flight for peace (4)

16. An island in Scotland is at home to honour (4)

17. What one has to pay a company on the street (4)

18. Take it apart from a French party (4)

20. It has a link with a song of unrequited love (5)

24. A substantive that may be considered non-u (4)

25. An official paper counted out around end-of-term (8)

26. Crude or rude man I try to correct (11)

DOWN

2. Fail to include one in MoT mix-up (4)

3. A sharp projection at the back of the book (5)

4. Get to hear of real trouble to the North (5)

5. It annoyed the king having to ride around (5)

6. It is essential to be one who elected an MP (11)

7. Look into vintage site maybe (11)

11. One puts one in a spot, being a fool (5)

12. Beast that leads game in a row (5)

14. What a Greek spent, having nothing to overthrow (4)

15. Some medicament used up by etcher (4)

19. Admitted having done wrong to hold wife (5)

21. Fresh bracing air carries little weight with an individual (5)

22. Pay attentions to the hall of justice (5)

23. It dams Durham’s river, one is told (4)