Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

1 Imperialist of the past preserved? (5)

4 Posh and wise management (5)

10 European entry, it rambles for ages and ages (8)

11 Figure left to stuff hollow turkey (6)

12 Mother and child — might one be in a jam? (6)

13 Begin shooting film’s introduction in remake of pioneer (4, 4)

14 Crowd screening film in beastly joint (7)

16 I step back alongside cold mountain peak, perhaps? (3, 3) 17 Mighty figure blocking sink (6) 19 Recall everyone, say, in plant (7)

21 Reminiscent of housing cost, social security collected (8)

22 Liaison’s ending in emotional kind of poem (6)

23 Bay maybe is said to be rough (6)

24 Rest lung, possibly? (8) 25 Reptilian accountant, perhaps? (5)

26 Grind, emptying out green powder (5)

DOWN DOWN

2 I agree 100%, a less than fair split? (3, 4)

3 How men may move for general (6-3-5)

5 Mouselike hair in Shakespearean character (7)

6 Spirit good, securing complete channel system (9)

7 Scandinavian stuff in Norwegian banks (4)

8 Dish of rubbery meat? (4, 10) 9 Bones harder, by the sound of it? (6)

15 Recovering maybe initially, likely to fall off boxes? (2, 3, 4) 18 Moon in Borneo, hazy (6)

19 Star lacking power? (7) 20 Attend to a bandage for the ear? (7)

22 Run into swarm on the rise (4) 2 I agree 100%, a less than fair split? (3, 4)

3 How men may move for general (6-3-5)

5 Mouselike hair in Shakespearean character (7)

6 Spirit good, securing complete channel system (9)

7 Scandinavian stuff in Norwegian banks (4)

8 Dish of rubbery meat? (4, 10) 9 Bones harder, by the sound of it? (6)

15 Recovering maybe initially, likely to fall off boxes? (2, 3, 4) 18 Moon in Borneo, hazy (6)

19 Star lacking power? (7) 20 Attend to a bandage for the ear? (7)

22 Run into swarm on the rise (4)