WEE THINKER

Across 1 Sent away for a drink, indeed! (8)

5 Drink to small hairpiece (4)

9 All characters by river are blue (5)

10 Small amount, but difficult to manage (7)

11 Seizes new sailors (4)

12 Engineers look for inquiry (8)

14 Human molar cracked with temperature (6)

15 Noticed composition is deep (6)

18 Characters hardly into a scheme (8)

20 Blonde entertainment (4)

23 Actors get a point at a game (7)

24 Wit ran to church more than once (5)

25 Inclines not to start conclusions (4)

26 A girl’s best friend can have a glassy look (8)

Down 1 Doctor gets in a new pipe (5)

2 Worker with pipes and soft timber (7)

3 Regrets stratagem, we hear (4)

4 Made a resounding comeback (6)

6 Fight to get iron into biscuit (5)

7 Party held by knight (7)

8 Fragrant fumes leading to anger (7)

13 Silliest fad overturned trial (7)

14 Maclean may be one of those holding hands! (7)

16 I adopt a Latin form of language (7)

17 A limo’s ordered from East Africa (6)

19 Adjusted melody on the day (5) 21 Dances in films (5) 22 Fast e-mails have to stop (4)