Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Roe (4)

4 Limb (3)

6 Lug, haul (4) 8 Shavers (6) 9 Staring (6)

10 Nags here (anag.) (8) 11 Behaves (4) 12 Retaliatory action (7-6) 17 The former Mesopotamia (4) 19 Highly biased (8) 22 Exit (3,3)

23 Bent (muscles) (6) 24 Cowshed (4)

25 Up till now (3) 26 Booty (4)

Down

2 Grind (teeth) (5) 3 No thugs (anag.) (7) 4 Passageway (5) 5 Purplish red (7) 6 Italian takeaway (5) 7 Maniac (7) 10 Intentionally so (3) 13 The Virgin Mary (3,4) 14 Fellow-feeling (7) 15 Lavatories (7) 16 Family (3)

18 Cite (5)

20 Repair (5) 21 Stadium (5)