SIR LANCELOT'S CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Consequences and so on as regular mop gets wrung out (7,5) 8 Knock traitor one time and again (3-1-3) 9 Desired twelve months with Edward (7) 11 Leapt athletically to get to gold level (7) 12 Weapon given by popular actor at end of play (7) 13 Unpleasant sound of student getting into argument (5) 14 People at the beach taking note to have periods of relaxation (9) 16 Record realm he conquered just for a short time (9) 19 Toils energetically as one leading an orchestra (5) 21 Chooses not to describe spot this way (4,3) 23 My nag’s beaten time of a sportsman (7) 24 Cover breakage of thermos (7) 25 Animal Penny’s taken away from ground (7) 26 Reassess Chinese range of Google for example (6,6)

DOWN

1 Hidden danger of medicine hiding ugly fat (7) 2 Go back and provide cure again (7) 3 Produce more of unpopular issue (9) 4 Esteemed figure dressed in corduroy always (5) 5 Once more meeting saint in opposition (7) 6 Raise Leon and Ben irresponsibly (7) 7 Homework, to serious characters missing one is daft (12) 10 Changing into different gear, depressed if night’s worked out badly (12) 15 Give information that’s not very substantial between two spaces (9) 17 ‘I’m hot’ he elaborated to make an impression (3,4) 18 Layabout brought low before a pop star (7) 19 A rum’s poured for first class warrior (7) 20 Water lost from lake possibly over a long period (7) 22 Olympic emblem mount for Switzerland (5)