GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 See 9 5 Dated term for 22 is retained in America (8) 9,1 Prince ruling with father exploits awkward silences (8,6) 10 Rude sailor visiting priest during period of sexual excitement (6) 11 Reincarnated editor reborn as actor (12) 13 Wild horse runs out into part of 21 (4) 14 One German scientist contracted to meet another one and another (8) 17 Girl nuts about stealing cattle (8) 18 Seaweed turned into household implement (4) 20 Lad combining moves in display of agility (5,7) 23 Fresh paint applied to a container for toys and sweets (6) 24 Romeo with American mobile home crossing river to get to mountain in the Black Hills of Dakota (8) 25 Delicate embroidery originally attached to leather pants (8) 26 Farmer’s tool chest broken with donkey’s foot (6)

DOWN

2 Restaurant preserves distinctive character (4) 3 Vegetable in barge converted into fat (5,4) 4 Shameful attempt to steal answer books (6) 5 Enlarge on treaty rewritten by legal

official (8,7) 6 Cold fellow carrying lamp heading

off to get good outer layer (8) 7 Ophelia prone to hog part of stage

(5) 8 Delightful guest has no Italian

vermouth for inspector (10) 12 Staunchly patriotic companion gets

gold, plus French wine first (10) 15 Can containing hot and sticky what

d’you-call-it (9) 16 Accommodation for Swift in prison?

About time! (8) 19 Winner of American beauty pageant

getting partner (6) 21 Device for stopping movement of

barrel on slope (5) 22 Principal ingredient of regular

charcoal (4)