CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Tired, put out, crazed, will cause diminution (11)

8. One could depend on holding foreign coin not so long ago (8)

9. What farmer may do to expand (4) 10. A control for the pound for all time to come (5)

13. Very popular fashion right at start of era (4)

16. Creep imperceptible inside the main chamber (4)

17. Sediment in the Nile estuary (4) 18. A prayerful end to the time before noon (end without end) (4) 20. Something that was collared to keep in the shop (5)

24. What shopper may consult is in much that is heartless (4)

25. It appears, in what she may not admit, to be handed down (8)

26. Was in another guise squared with Dame, perhaps (11)

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2. How to cut design of vessel with bow removed (4)

3. It will wash away the end of Summer in the South-east (5)

4. You'll find me seeking shelter where fighting is confused (5)

5. Creature that starts to growl in a row (5)

6. One such as Albert tailed off: one is friendly in the main (11)

7. Man with a brush has something on such lotteries (11)

11. It's enough to make us ill after six, right? (5)

12. It shows how much to how many, and it could be a riot (5)

14. The point is to have the contents of the paper before ten (4)

15. How much ground is involved in further carve-up? (4)

19. Being musical, they are determined on being given up (5)

21. You'll find me following article for subject-matter (5)

22. Cockney mate putting a finish to upset of 16 (5)

23. The way gear-stick moves will not allow one out of college (4)

▶ Yesterday's solution

Across 1. Astonish 4. Star 8. Mar 9. Offer 10. Rib 11. Debates 12. Crane 13. Self-starter 17. Cover 18. Dropped 20. Ego 21. Eaves 22. Nip 23. Sash 24. Plasters Down 1. Armada 2. Throb 3. Safes 5. Terrace 6. Rubber 7. Precursors 9. Out of order 14. Envious 15. Screws 16. Adapts 18. Devil 19. Pence