cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Be informed, as should an

orchestral musician? (4,3,5)

9 Fuel for glass (7)

10 Skilled worker from Hobart is

annoying (7)

11 Smokier bombs, irritating (7)

12 Islamic office I consider to be

behind me, contrarily (7)

13 Fine, daily limits? (5)

14 Duck managed to eviscerate

an Asian animal (5-4)

16 Cross noted? (9)

19 Cram facts (5)

21 Fiendish setters always take assumed names in crosswords, initially (7)

23 Spoons bent right back (7)

24 Work over, repeat in error (7)

25 Ebbing brown river, pure (7)

26 Flier spouse distributed in

school (5,7)

DOWN

1 Innings one short – foul play

(5-2)

2 Centre in form, a politician

demonstrating eloquence (7)

3 So front is lower than that

place (9)

4 Bring joy to people ultimately,

pushing up the daisies (5)

5 Hurtful piece taken from

newspaper (7)

6 After unfortunate arrest, time

to begin afresh (7)

7 Judg/ment? (5,8)

8 Zero call for an end to change,

finally (4,3,3,3)

15 Very great depth in one, a

nation of old (9)

17 Always busy, he got on badly

(2,3,2)

18 What politician may do with

coarse material on son (7)

19 Arm photographer? (7)

20 Staff after cakes removing lid,

so open (7)

22 The mating game? (5)