CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Marries and goes off embracing husband after speculation (8) 5. Confused chatter about river fish (6) 9. Uniform material was adopted by soldiers and sailor (5,4) 11. Moved to take-off after disembarking one becoming stressed (5) 12. Legend of river and lake that is put back beside other legends (7) 13. Ravel's one enthralled by flute playing of melodious quality (7) 14. One lacking complaint nevertheless inclined to be patient (13) 16. Game UCD alumna put out degree citation (5,3,5) 20. Finished a couple of lengths in total (7) 21. Cautious about soldier perhaps in US city (5,2) 24. I'd recalled way of working one part of speech (5) 24. Leading attraction? The Queen, among the aristocracy (3-6) 25. Fall back, displacing new line in reciprocal arrangement (6) 26. Results after cooking will include ultimate in apple crumble (8)

DOWN

1. Protection from weather? British happy to forgo headpiece (6) 2. Row about component of education for painstaking student? (5) 3. Some deliveries friend picked up showing a degree of duplication (7) 4. Pair of lines showing Batman and Robin possibly appearing on time (6,7) 6. Harmonised a duet not disregarding old fashions (7) 7. Area for sales and storage beside the rink? (3,6) 8. Boy with disgusted comment about large fortune (4,4) 10. Preserves narrow strip of land containing core of some abundant resource (10,3) 14. Cleanliness expert — sadly in pig-sty he has no power (9) 15. Big store I line up with little hesitation, raking millions in (8) 17. Condition I intend escalating among reforming drinkers (7) 18. Old soldier cut down after rifleman missed first alarm (7) 19. Favourite part in brief? It's refined stuff (6) 22. Whiskey consumed by a military group in former days (2,3)