CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. What’s lodged is back in the warehouse (7)

4. Censure old boy: you’ll endlessly I be upset about Bond’s arms-man (7)

8. George wrote what castles may be made of (4)

9. Give overmuch importance to extra egg each half sorted out (10)

11. Abroad, having been made to be so (6)

12. Turned sin over, at bed-heads being removed (8)

14. Such as are necessary to get though harbours (9)

15. Bacon, thus treated, was better (5)

17. Cook, like, in decay (5)

18. Like Alice’s Land, almost complete – marvellous! (9)

19. Locks up 999 with the money (8)

21. The man at the lathe was a painter (6)

23. Scale could be great in December, in short (10)

24. Man on his own thus, look! (4)

25. Thus the Right yell about the East being something magical (7)

26. In the direction of what hospital signpost indicates? (7)

DOWN

1. Diana’s state of mind is not good for a dog (9)

2. It brings the drawer to the point (6,9)

3. Written words used to be contained by the non-drinker (4) 4. Instrument I give voice to needs arranging (10)

5. Lord or vassal, it’s in Belgium (5)

6. Fifteen minutes such as ‘H’ ‘0’ ‘U’ or ‘R’ (7,2,2,4)

7. The crop of the Spanish in upset of personal homeimprovement (5)

10. Autocratic person half made the point (6)

13. Suitable ware for the Coronation Plate? (5,5)

15. It may be crossed by a person of some account (6)

16. Mad to get angered up with notes of indebtedness (9)

19. Central Americans are at home, short of cash (5)

20. Make one ‘It’ in a French female form (5)

22. Prepare film to show ‘Spring’ coming up (4)