Cryptic crossword
ACROSS
6 Inflexible United Nations committee making pledges (14)
9 First Anzacs defended several
lines (6)
10 They research any salts in
solution (8)
11 Watch training college in
predicament (8)
13 When pressure’s off, dealers
become escorts (6)
15 Large topless ladies, say, in
icy accommodation (6)
17 One’s introduced to corrupt
minor (6)
19 Exciting tale about ship in
collection of yarns (6)
20 At it, boar gets butchered (8)
22 Heart keeps old Victor idle
(4,4)
24 The powerful could end in
misery (6)
26 Missing curate found on
ground clutching cycle (11,3)
DOWN
1 Mike heads new political unit, creating problem in school (14)
2 Closely examine small tin (4)
3 Setter’s friend meets a
bounder in Africa (6)
4 Build wall round centre of
Bath that’s green (8)
5 Glimpse English mole (4)
7 Senior lecturer dealing with a
German article (6)
8 Ruth and Ian Taylor’s controversial study of wildlife (7,7)
12 Old people these days with
flatus occasionally (5)
14 Presenter commandeers one
lift (5)
16 Old British violin played in
limbo (8)
18 Infertile mountain in Scotland
inspires a bishop (6)
21 Hosts group of stars earning
millions (6)
23 Stop excitement (4)
25 On paper, Joe’s present (4)