CLASSIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Photograph cracks at high

temperature (8)

9 Refusal to acknowledge Northern Ireland is in agreement (6)

10 Account for chap having

pain (4)

11 Excellent shield controller (10) 12 Reckon chief is just a nominal

leader (10)

14 Endless danger for a fairy (4) 15 Some recommend or seek

support (7)

16 Said to abandon pudding (7) 20 Almost luxurious, positive

sign (4)

22 Some turned out? Great! (10) 23 Severe strain breaks man (10) 24 Lad keeps note in trunk (4)

25 Company present will stick

together (6)

26 Vehicle security man is at the

front (8)

DOWN

1 Lack of movement in war (8)

2 The peer holds weapon (4)

3 Can’t she assemble southern

moderates? (8)

4 Bung small hat (7)

5 Felt great affection for a party

revolutionary (6)

6 Not inclined to be ill (10)

7 Prefer taste without liquorice

initially (6)

13 One French old boy waited

but wasn’t noticed (10)

17 Without leader, choosing and

choosing (8)

18 Game King Edward, engulfed

in bullets (8)

19 Book the substitute (7)

21 Model so slim and supple (6) 22 Gentle offer (6)

24 Depressed and puffed, by the

sound of it (4)