CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Wanting it to be so different for lush wife endlessly? (7) 4. Sense of style, Pa? He can make it! (7)

8. Mosque officer will aim to adapt to Muslim leader (4) 9. Letters for the BBC but only one for ITA? (10) 11. Blows one inflicts if one criticises carpingly! (6)

12. I’d returned to emphasise my extreme poverty (8) 14. Revolt that might rile noble so (9)

15. He rescues one and puts something by (5)

17. A song bagged by a sailor? (5)

18. SW African child following heated number (9) 19. Combative man lit it out (8)

21. Gun’s kick from a relic holding around? (6)

23. Where pupil will find his form? (10)

24. Prima donna avid to make a comeback (4)

25. Praise the company and people admitted by MD (7) 26. Likely to break rib with non-drinker the French follow (7)

DOWN

1. With hair on his face, where’s kid to find it? (9) 2. Guiding light at Christmas, flower! (4-2-9)

3. 14 is finished with Leo (4)

4. With strong feeling pass one on, having dined (10) 5. Nine instrumentalists can’t go fishing? (5)

6. He wants to keep nature version cat is not capable of (15) 7. See as might be how one slackens off (5)

10. Thin porridge makes one unwell in the heavens (6) 13. What angler needs gin for? Dish-breaking! (7,3) 15. Meat pin takes weeks to prepare, right? (6)

16. Pay one back for making it relate a different version (9) 19. Sound art Camus icily revealed (5)

20. He’s to vary the ones there (5)

22. The last place to find a cat? Bridgehead! (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Frightening 8. Restored 9. Lean

10. Yeast 13. Tell 16. Cram 17. Chic 18. Mast 20. Smash 24. Newt

25. Interval 26. Manufacture

Down: 2. Risk 3. Grove 4. Tress 5. Islet 6. Predicament 7. Ineluctable

11. Amass 12. Tonga 14. Echo 15. Pass 19. Titan 21. Manna 22. Sweet

23. Over