CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

▶ Across 1. Not having a body, form it into one! (11) 8. The laying bare of one shot in camera (8)

9. Skilful comeback from the island (4) 10. Looking white, like Leghorn? (5)

13. At no time does it lose its head for all time (4)

16. Its flavour in pickle makes a number unwell (4)

17. Initially headquarters branch will do some damage (4)

18. Go like the wind: clockwise (4) 20. Lustre he achieves when embraced by nurse (5) 24. Five-hundred-piece pack will make a bore more so (4)

25. More work is finished: one met with difficulties (8)

26. Focus on animal feed? (11)

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2. Sleep with last of ice on back of neck (4)

3. In midst of toil, a rest, as is apparent after nothing (5)

4. Pucker up lips professionally fought for in ring (5)

5. To slacken, rating requires tea-break (5) 6. They go down for what may end up as ropes or strings (5-6)

7. Quietly man in ride is taken in by Red and publicly reproved (11)

11. Birds one sells like a pedlar (5) 12. Brother's daughter it's pleasant to see around end of June (5)

14. Meat, re-started, would lay it bare (6) 15. Run away and sound like a hopper (4) 19. Sort of type from European capital (5) 21. Van he sorted out to provide asylum (5)

22. ‘O hateful______, melancholy's child’ (J Caesar) (5)

23. Tumult? What a laugh! (4)