CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Sailors left in various other things for polar display (8,6) 9 Content husband absorbed by a big book (2,4) 10 The German is about to inspire international ridicule (8) 11 Current busy girl in charge of very fine work (8) 13 Spoil one married couple (6) 15 Trees cover old furrow (6) 17 Small disparaging comments, say, repelled Mark (6) 19 It detects source of smoke in church, I hear (6) 20 Boat propeller makes a terrible noise in court (8) 22 Engineer had racket sent back to get grip (8) 24 Drink punch (6) 26 Develop tract in a region that’s unexplored (5,9)

DOWN

1 Kind, genteel sort holds it, tackling last of cardigan? (8,6) 2 Group go on the rampage, ending on top (4) 3 Disperse hoard around Spain? What a shame (2,4) 4 A trite remark about Liberal’s devotion to others (8) 5 Woman forfeits her heart for a long time (4) 7 Communist haunt’s flush (6) 8 Edited woman’s edition on line, lacking depth (3-11) 12 Jeremy’s clubs (5) 14 A doctor stops training priest in service (5) 16 Irish alcohol comes in through US state (8) 18 Well-known island in the shape of a volcano? (6) 21 English comic in northeast that began in the 1980s? (3,3) 23 Bring in auditor on 3rd of June (4) 25 Boy carrying newspaper set out (4)

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