CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Like man, robot has iron Dad, possibly (7)

4. Note to antiseptic surgeon to raise the skin (7)

8. A bit of a quarrel: it returns, fortissimo (4)

9. Study minor Greek sea-god holding one with remorse (10)

11. Kaiser’s origin: a race’s scattering (6)

12. Joyous old Gladys shortly gets a part (8)

14. Drove her wild with a difference, as one happened to be listening (9)

15. Take car to square in wild tract of heath (5)

17. Dead king appeared at a subsequent time (5)

18. Decorative knot for leader of one living in Ankara? (5,4)

19. It’s a doctor’s business to do something in what it costs (8)

21. Group out on the watch confuse PLO with art (6)

23. Turning wives around, give fifty to Heather (10)

24. Set fire to water in Scotland (4)

25. Largely, he’s a farmer (7)

26. Bowl barrow along and take wrong turn, being led astray (7)

DOWN

1. Where one may be classed as a painter? (3,6)

2. Act of distinguishing is not the same as one ration right away (15)

3. Let go of a small amount of liquid (4)

4. What struck shuttlecock fought with mineral aggregate (10)

5. Covered by creeper, I had to stand in competition inside (5)

6. Being skinny where sporting is concerned, not much about! (4,2,3,6)

7. Colour-wash? Wash it out! (5)

10. One using lather to be placed under nut? (6)

13. London’s fog was worthy of special attention (10)

15. Priest’s book will feel absence of a Latin conclusion (6)

16. Fragrancy of colour once took in the French (9)

19. It’s a bit of a problem to sit, right? (5)

20. Extra-terrestrial turned up with muddled article on dentition (5)

22. Ply needles to furrow brows (4)