CROSSWORD

Puzzle No 1047

Clues across

1. King George relieved to be lubricated (7) 5. Buccaneer with an uncouth manner reportedly (7) 9. Henry and I get a bit wet running around for small fry (9) 10. The Maori in the commandos eats to complete satisfaction (5) 11. The Arctic regions are feeling great (2,3,2,3,5) 12. The first lady to be trapped in network of power felt sorry (7) 14. Make good agent spike a drink (7) 16. Filthy lucre made by direction somewhere in Switzerland (7) 18. Put his head in messy closet for some gear (7) 20. Get a nerd involved in assessing schoolwork and collecting money for the greens (6,9) 23. Welsh leader within a month wielded a new broom (5) 24. Agent sold out the British PM more than once (9) 25. Full-blown crazy about true mistake (7) 26. Chaps have to jog back outside in agony (7)

Clues down

1. Using grog – now drunk – stray from the path of righteousness (2,5) 2. Bundle out English with six caught kind of square (5) 3. Peels, according to a cryptic setter, to stay the night (9) 4. Crazy Edward, eating noisily, is overshadowed (7) 5. Trap domestic pet, dear in France (7) 6. Bridge players in racket broadcast again (5) 7. The upshot following calculating lessons in America (9) 8. The leftovers stay around university (7) 13. Incorporated briefly or ruined audibly? Wrong! (9) 15. She might well have a chair redesigned for posers (9) 16. The one payment you get for a pineapple sweet? (4,3) 17. Busy with your fiancé (7) 18. Fruit makes mutt mouth off (7) 19. A division of, for instance, chess pieces held by exemplary man (7) 21. One welcomed by chef ventre à terre to some extent (5) 22. The sort of hole swingers desire in combination (2,3)