Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 I am frail, groggy, and wellknown (8) 5 Investigations, live, among

professionals (6)

9 I’m taken aback by inflamed worker, an

agitator (8)

10 Chat and study — great! (6)

12 Ideally cast, aimed to reach the section

(4,3,3,4)

13 American, surrounded by sea,

pondered (5)

14 Return to the ground, perhaps, to give

in (5,4)

16 Number one Manx seer? (6,3)

18 Part of house beginning to bend in

strong wind (5)

20 To escape abroad fast, male noble goes

by railway (4,3,7)

23 Stick together, being firm, in this place

(6)

24 Pole with pronged spear, harsh and

grating (8)

25 Wearing a decorative band when in

outhouse (6)

26 It’s thought I’m against the editor (8)

DOWN

1 Footballers’ body wants me to become

celebrity (4)

2 Painter, firstrate, seen in factories (7) 3 Modern version of tardy — late (63) 4 Eleven cans of bubbly for a royal bride

(4,2,6)

6 River where there’s heron flying (5) 7 Ox that’s found in New York State (7) 8 Material that gives underwater ship a

jerky ascent (9) 11 Reach bed with piece of lead and

thrash schoolboy? (6,6)

13 Cause noisy ones to grimace (4,5)

15 A start’s being made about

government’s first tavern (9)

17 Old doctors shelter Charles, having lost

heart (7)

19 Intrude, getting pub drink, we hear (5,2) 21 It’s wrong, having English pastry with

rich covering (5)

22 The boss gets to read endlessly (4)