Last week’s solution

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Across: 1. plump F-O-R 6. moped-s

9. bottle 10. Ma(X) Ernst 11. Patricia[n] 12. mne-mon 13. C-O-m-pens-aTory 16. old man-S beard 19. g(AM)uts {guts=courage} 21. Nile H(e)ad {on D’Urville} 23. past-ram-I 24. nori-TE

25. be(l-d)am 26. Elsinore

Down: 2. l(oo)k at 3. mo(t)or

4. F-[t]rench-men 5. ram-page

6. Maxim[s] 7. PE-r(meat)ed

8. disco[V]ers 13.c-o-m-busted

14. star(ling)s 15. a-L-tar-age

17. Benz-in-E 18. latte-r 20. s-warm

22. he(R-o)n