CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Duty’s tinier,

possibly? Possibly (14) 9 Hide loose stones at

foot of mountain (6) 10 Pork covered in fat

and port (8) 11 Notice Juliet with one lot of books nearby (8) 13 Urge John in Ireland to tour New Jersey (6) 15 Fancy a jog in outskirts of Lewisham? One can’t move there (6) 17 Scrap odd bits of

song at church (6) 19 Special fee to cross

river for a walk (6) 20 Polish tree holds initially deadly fruit (8) 22 French leader and I consume a pasta dish ... (8) 24 ... that’s surrounded

by stew (I think) (6) 26 Somehow try and use a sort of shingle that’s picked up on Thames? (7,7)

DOWN

1 After training, co-star Leo cried, forcing out these? (9,5) 2 Fair one’s sited between Orkney and Shetland (4) 3 Quietly, snow leopard

may do this (6) 4 Deer roaming in a Scottish mountain – near here? (8) 5 Member of choir in

cathedral town (4) 7 Start to strum an instrument as a form of greeting (6) 8 Sweet new drug like this leads in hospital trials (7,7) 12 Nameless gang stirred up riot regularly, using this (5) 14 Black, extremely tiny

mole (5) 16 Card game for

creeps? (3,5) 18 She entertains Romeo in place of worship (6) 21 Carry on supporting northeastern movement in 1980s (3,3) 23 Adjoin a

reservation (4) 25 Expedition set off (4)

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