CRYPTIC 320 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 My mother takes naps in a Chinese boat (6)

8 The cardinal’s on a high! (8)

9 A song about the sun god you might find wearing (6)

10 I love finding a place for Baldy! (8)

11 It’s proper at Christmas time to start entertaining (6)

13 So it’s happened and now there’s a nice dint in it! (8)

16 Sticking to her and that alien (8)

19 An ideal cover with a recess in-built (6)

22 I meet the right kind of person but he’s already captured (8)

24 Takes up the past at a party (6)

25 Encountered scrambled eggs, I see! Influenced by the weather, perhaps? (8)

26 Shell out or you’ll find yourself in the soup! (6)

DOWN

2 There’s something to be said about the bad ages (5)

3 Some poser – there’s no rhyme to it! (5)

4 Say no to the undeveloped! (8)

5 Lois is out in the grain store (4)

6 Take the lead or I’ll cut you off! (6)

7 Most factions call for an expenditure of energy (6)

12 Start with a hundred and what remains is easily spent (4)

14 Sure to fall for you if you give one the eye (8)

15 Therefore, her goal is to find it (4)

17 Learn about 500 varieties of weed (6)

18 At least Eric takes a holiday! (6)

20 They love getting rich and singing about it (5)

21 Five Romans find most of Italy essential (5) 23 Here’s one Roman looking for a leader (4)