Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Clear throat (5)

4 Minor setbacks (7)

8 Period (3)

9 Asian republic (5)

10 Scam (7)

11 Bored of life (5-5)

14 Complains (6)

16 Maintain (6)

18 Ambience (10)

22 Iron lever (7)

23 Sift (5)

24 Posed (3)

25 Indecent (7)

26 Financial check (5) Down

1 Chats (8)

2 One expected to lose

(8)

3 Perceived (5)

4 Hurry (up) (6)

5 Trill (7)

6 Reverse (an action) (4)

7 Animal fat (4)

12 Part of face (8)

13 Disciple (8)

15 Remarkable (7)

17 Curriculum (6)

19 Italian dish (5)

20 Reverberate (4)

21 Deficit (4)