LONDON SUNDAY TIMES CRTPYIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Such is American wearing notably loud dicky? ( 10) 7 Frothy drink said to be in mug ( 4) 9 Pope not intending to cause offence? ( 8) 10 Call after lout endlessly rowing ( 6) 11 Tropical mammals — caught one in grass ( 6) 13 Possibly unlisted thinners ( 8) 14 Profits improved by including pop in a Sunday Times piece? ( 5,2,5) 17 Harry, say seen behind coaches in an anorak ( 12) 20 English soldiers in temporary accommodation to get flat? ( 8) 21 Talk a lot about one operating illegally ( 6) 22 State information about kick- off ( 6) 23 Voice coming from rowdy celebration after opening trio dropped ( 8) 25 Hospital nurse bandaging wife’s cut ( 4) 26 Just have two ends to disentangle ( 4- 6)

Down

2 Game restarts right away playing with Lions? True ( 4- 4) 3 Regularly dismissed smear on Eastern leader ( 3) 4 Finished first of store deliveries ( 5) 5 Man in a hole behaved badly ( 5,2) 6 Cheers much reduced parking in the end ( 6- 3) 7 Reporter apt to upset agent ( 11) 8 Burn brown coal left out ( 6) 12 Feathery seeds were first introduced in the City here ( 11) 15 Typically too old to cover new area ( 2,7) 16 Life is one and this is another ( 8) 18 Celebrity, hardly clever ( 7) 19 Live near Hertfordshire town in cave ( 6) 21 Fish and chips is out for junketing the Queen’s involved in ( 5) 24 One can hold wine at university? Not entirely ( 3)