CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Famous Scandinavian’s pet (5,4) 8 Roam around after a smell (5) 10 It happened in the Seventies (5) 12 Bin broken biro tip (3) 13 Sounds ill like this (3) 14 A study in port (4) 15 Seemly to put notes with coin (6) 16 Elevating pole tilts wildly (5) 18 Horrible to rent out (6) 20 A hot sort of curse (4) 22 Bird in the nest (3) 23 Partner’s painting (3) 24 Words used as weapon (5) 25 Supporter of electricity? (5) 26 Party that has a pulse (9) DOWN

2 Sailing on her river (5) 3 Possibly bar a foreigner (4) 4 See lid designed for fuel (6) 5 Pleasant to have European relation (5) 6 Cables are wound round a vegetable (9) 7 Sewing is irritation during police operation (9) 9 Cleric loses one of his church (7) 11 Triumph of Nelson’s ship (7) 15 Inside, holding racket (3) 17 Nurse has no new personal attachment (6) 19 Toes somehow get hard? Not these (5) 21 Finally doesn’t finish a book (5) 23 Collapsed around part of church (4)