CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Larry said kin is a rowdy lout (8)

5. Military canteen in untidy state (4)

9. To wake up Rose grips you (5) 10. Oil spill after trip to Libyan seaport (7)

11. Talk to cat sitting on top of heater (4)

12. Keep holding on to need to be up to one’s thighs? (4-4) 14. Jewish person, he to make beer (6)

15. You to go to more confident moneylender (6)

18. Is around crazy prehistoric beast (8)

20. Weathers now a little like blizzard conditions (4)

23. I’m inert, shifting in the meantime (7)

24. Dove on right was behind the wheel (5)

25. Tugs about sudden blast of wind (4) 26. Attendance leads to gifts, we hear (8)

DOWN

1. Silly Ricky holds on to song words (5)

2. Rue Barb talking of vegetable (7)

3. I met up with object (4) 4. Talk in serious voice again to nine (6)

6. Bring about memories of Eve, OK at heart (5)

7. Rope jumper for captain? (7) 8. Thief in essence shows some delicacy and subtlety (7) 13. Les sure talking of down time (7)

14. Being evasive by going 50/50 (7) 16. Knocked over when shabby and dilapidated (3,4)

17. One who adds up during the warmer months? (6)

19. Jots down musical score (5) 21. In which location do we hold her? (5)

22. Bold odes evenly spread for betting returns (4)