CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. An aromatic plant her first posy’s made of (6)

8. Fruit with rind changed for one with zest (5)

9. A strictly moral person might be taking the up-train (7) 11. Are lying about it being a young horse (8)

12. A vast rift has to be seen in a short measure (5) 15. Appellation you once had was grand (4)

16. Attempt to give a criminal a hearing (3)

17. May perhaps include the right to be a host (4)

19. It’s the number of times one doubles (5)

21. Insincere praise of the last-mentioned in Financial Year (8) 24. Lug, at that time, was fashioned of clay (7)

25. Head of Treasury is in the bucks, which will be offputting (5) 26. Hurried back to the line, being restricted in width (6)

DOWN

2. Try out hostel that shows it’s accommodating the young (5) 3. How spider makes web in garden, and makes it last (5,3) 4. To take part in game may be a tragedy (4)

5. In painting, the French are on the qui vive (5)

6. In iambics it is prefixed on both sides (4)

7. First spouse to keep on at one so, it’s a drawback (4)

10. Will it then be always less at no future time? (9)

12. Mend a business centre like this, with lies (4)

13. In the main it is drinkable (3-5)

14. Where cows are housed through the Engineers (4)

18. It’s a lie that the South is going Conservative (5)

20. I believe it’s Latin company that’s in the red? On the contrary

(5)

21. Turn deaf and lose colour (4) 22. Voice changes a lot as it breaks (4) 23. This is the 18 that’s spun (4)