Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Stupid craze rejected by head of

television (4)

3 Deride, we hear, a bad slip and the

slipper (8)

9 Mud slung back in English Border (4) 10 Value of bar doubtful? It’s promising

(10)

12 Amount wasted in the South by plunder

(8)

13 King, in a huff, sneaks away (6) 14 Gambling machine — a person with a

weapon forbade it, we hear (3, 5, 6) 16 Swinging bat near a child’s furniture (5,

3, 6)

20 Break in stirrup troublesome? Look into

that (6)

21 Follower makes record that is about the

reverse of long playing (8)

23 One of mixed descent, grumpy, about

to get in to bed (10)

24 Assistance one needed in opera (4) 25 It’s rather expensive disguising the

spies (8)

26 One in Gardens toppled over, being

feeble (4)

DOWN

1 I seem disturbed after little duke’s

death (6)

2 Pretend to carry gold from abroad (7) 4 Irish Protestants having foreboding

about place for shooting (9) 5 Commander gets the goahead to

prepare a meal (4)

6 To cause some heat, stop working

before a game (6, 1, 5)

7 Bitten, the writer dripped blood (7) 8 Trainee, for instance, to take exam,

walks (4, 2) 11 Sandwichspread from a real pot? Best,

somehow (7, 5)

15 Cheats, several, seen around London

area (East) (9)

16 Jerk, to taunt an honourable companion

(6)

17 Tunnels raised difficulty and squabbles

(7)

18 Repeated passage makes traveller

stand up (7)

19 Comment about smear (6)

22 Stumble right inside dump (4)