CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
6 Have good luck to end a parachute jump correctly? (4,2,4,4) 9 Bob meant to adjust
piece of a plant (6)
10 Butterflies beginning to shun dirt, say, when fluttering (8)
11 Place fringed by Scottish river trailed by Edward, having fewer resources? (8)
13 Chief with alias protecting
right point in the body (6) 15 Long for change
in rank, eh? (6)
17 Sales worker with very large earnings principally in tranquil state (6)
19 Power source found around nine oddly in tube (6)
20 Champion facing competition right away shows very polite conduct? (8)
22 Mathematical task
making sense? (6,2)
24 Recall conflict in special league showing disorganised expansion? (6)
26 Trio pops inside having
altered tendency (14)
DOWN
1 On holiday, lot ushered possibly around hotel characterising some dresses? (3,3,8)
2 Severely criticise
loud bang (4)
3 Part of a car in German
city and in France (6)
4 Neat Celt treated
animal’s appendage (8)
5 A group of service personnel turning up in the distance (4)
7 Supportive don is moving
close to college (6)
8 The Spanish brewery in red manufactured a fruit-based drink (10,4)
12 Revolutionary leader, liberal
figure on the rise (5)
14 A good artist retaining love
for ancient marketplace (5) 16 One being positive about another after departure? (8)
18 Roman general starts to seem concerned if pressured in opposition (6) 21 Gradually add at home list
for renovation (6)
23 Form of motor racing
behind yellow screens (4) 25 One entering marathon,
say, falling to pieces? (4)