CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Pudding that Bill had in bed (5-7) 8. Has seen a bet go wrong, he not being there (8) 9. How one may trade in timber (4) 11. Lacks what must, so they say, be inevitable (5) 12. Transport for the gods, or one to chat about (7) 13. A major altercation about a viva voce (4) 15. Durham’s river looks as if it shows signs of use (4) 19. Brute it might supply with a testimony (7) 20. Greek letter doctor takes to be a lozenge (5) 22. Poet held party back around six… (4) 23. … though he may have taken note of his piety (8) 24. It’s the moon one is rude about, though it is respected for its antiquity (4-8) DOWN 2. Refuse to sound like the middle of it (5) 3. Boy might resent having to change (6) 4. Girl in the Navy went to church for a spanner (6) 5. One meets one in a muddle, but will list things separately (7) 6. Army banned, one hears, for its playing of martial music (8,4) 7. Borrow a nut, it being needed for the fish (7,5) 10. Fighting that was unfinished, right? (3) 14. Theory of the soul in Sam I’m representing (7) 16. Hair style may be a soft roll (3) 17. River always seen running between Poles (6) 18. With half luck, room may be provided for gilt decorative ware (6) 21. Have a view of old tree (5) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Obtuse 8. Routs 9. Crabbed 11. Separate 12. Fleet 15. Abel 16. Ode 17. Open 19. Forge 21. Hand-cart 24. Yearned 25. Order 26. Mewing Down 2. Beryl 3. Umbrella 4. Ewes 5. Bread 6. Puma 7. Esse 10. Desk diary 12. Foal 13. Tomorrow 14. Knee 18. Score 20. Green 21. Hoot 22. Nods 23. Term