CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Renaissance period of quiet painting or sculpture (7)

5 Confined outside as a lowly farm worker (7)

9 Dotty rears cute animals (9)

10 Class thrown in the sound (5)

11 Blues-tune rapper excited old Master (5,4,6)

12 Cheese sandwiches fool club (7)

14 Run small RV (7)

16 Ed occupies cleaner dormitory space (7)

18 Made secure about tee, drove (7)

19 Old Master loved in Cairo and Mobile (8,2,5)

23 “Moneybags,” the French aristocrat (5)

24 Begin talk grandly about one sort of booze (9)

25 Loose tee ref's adjusted (3,4)

26 Sea legs buckled, never changing (7)

DOWN

1 News summary walker brought back (5)

2 Unfortunately went bad, as part of a hat (9)

3 Moving song about saint (5)

4 Level patch necessary to faster races (7)

5 Grinders bother Lester (7)

6 Up-to-date gold amount containing radium (2,7)

7 Store walkway is flanked by some beer (5)

8 Loved having confidence in stair part (9)

12 Circle golf course after Bing's partner birdies? (9)

13 Boston airport described by visionary motto-maker (9)

15 Summon about a monthly fee extraction (9)

17 Double agent outside identifies part of a shoe (7)

18 Wine concocted by one of the Gershwins (7)

20 Circular path, or small segment (5)

21 Express love amid sin (5)

22 Tossed aside suggestions (5)