Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Call again to declaim (6)

4 A beauty aid comes undone with a

twitch (8)

9 Swindle, swear and shake violently (7) 11 Only a selected passage, but about

right (7)

12 Acts rashly — requests foreign money

around stronghold (4, 3, 7)

13 A Shakespearean villain. I’ll have a try

(4)

14 Word of warning by stout female

ancestor (10)

17 The girl to throw an IOU in the fire?

Sounds like it (10)

18 Exam’s an alternative to a spot of Latin

(4)

20 Present a relation that’s wellknown in

the bank (7, 7)

23 Descent using rope taking a long time

(7)

24 Makes a mistake, having

undergarments raised (5, 2)

25, 26 Vexed with the lodger, we hear,

enter a neighbour’s land (5, 3, 6)

DOWN

1 Wealthy king I met in Germany (4) 2 Stick with darling — that’s sweet (45) 3 A platitude, it’s rum in a way (6) 5 Unconcealed, he stays where

steeplechasers race (4, 3, 6)

6 A little bit of pressure from my jemmy,

d’you hear? (8)

7 Strong pulsation, because of boil,

initially (5)

8 Church will make Tom, maybe, the

reverse of fat, what? (9) 10 Adopt a threatening manner, or give a

broad grim? (4, 4, 5)

13 Slippery ice I climb, being stupid (9) 15 Awfully Red hand, so stubborn (45) 16 Entrances a crowd of spectators on the

streets (8)

19 Something worn to disguise a spotty

piece (6)

21 Musical composition Reagan has to

perform? (5)

22 Among amateurs, purely an incentive

(4)