CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,198

Across

3 Met man working in foster care? (10) 8 Dog set sail around UK! (6) 9 Sister, apprehensive initially, in college in Warwickshire town (8) 10 Monitor head of welterweight boxer, perhaps after disturbing chat (8) 11 ‘Sole’ used in pun I queried (6) 12 One has intuition of horror filling man who’s sent into pit (4-6) 14 Well-placed? Rather, after session (7,6) 20 Cover in many pieces loony left tackling Labour’s leader (5,5) 22 Shakespearean king, likewise holding on (6) 23 To show willing, take part in dance (4,4) 24 One cuts weeds in street verge attended by this person, right? (8) 25 Start a filling meal (6) 26 Be quick to appear fashionable (4,6)

Down

1 Unexpected changes in Virginia – good sign (8) 2 Wine: quantity upset over trainee (8) 3 Tinker with instrument (6) 4 Call number – doctor needs to go round (4) 5 Deceptive showman’s trick on panellist (8) 6 Fixed interference affecting TV (6) 7 Former partner raised fare to go on American flight (6) 13 Go mad, crackers, teaching (5) 15 Shared home of little value (2,6) 16 Green light for doctor entering in this way at Oxford, say (6,2) 17 Key-operated device Ivy League university rugby player’s used (4,4) 18 Legless, British before game (6) 19 Part of season ticket to be paid for at a later date (2,4) 21 End of July, too soon for annual (6) 23 Stay for start of play (4)