Crossword

ACROSS

7 Serving US soldier in one’s pub is sensible (7) 9 Shake unruly child in the course of struggle (7) 10 Alarm losing time causes miscalculation (5) 11 Firm: it’s averse to change (9) 12 Kind of household to arrange tea for men in play (3-6,6) 13 Have groups of searchers on face of Snowdon (7) 16 Stop female artist wearing check (7) 19 Small scone unfinished, dunked in cup of tea in notable meeting (5,10) 23 Synthetic fibre made by college, girl heard (9) 24 Turn scoundrel going after wife (5) 25 Messenger in hall of justice endlessly? That is right (7) 26 Joins servicemen after one goes missing (7)

DOWN

1 Basketball manoeuvre in back street, hoop lacking height (5-3)

2 Gangster wanting to fence fine article (8)

3 Satisfy publican, at first, with tenancy agreement (6)

4 A Brie I distributed in part of Europe (6)

5 Man in charge, supported by a church (8)

6 This person’s crimson on the outside, with unknown cure (6)

8 Blood surrounding head of goat in ravine (5)

9 Screen concealing it, migratory bird (7)

14 Make clear power must be cloaked in betrayal (5,3) 15 Son, wizard scout (7) 17 Until we meet again, get on with the Spanish and Latin (8) 18 Unnecessary enmity on steamship (8) 19 Father, smart in church government (6) 20 Move at home to intervene (4,2) 21 Woodland in east in grip of nasty frost (6) 22 Relative of Connie Cezon (5)