SIR LANCELOT’S CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Avoid nothing (4) 3 Splits caused by restrictions around short holidays (9) 9 After Tuesday Rob arranged support for a kind of engine (9) 10 Oiled hinge making a beastly noise (5) 11 African republic bungled bid to secure upper-class race (7) 12 A lassie upset by pseudonyms (7) 13 Weapon, inferior device injured gnu (10,3) 16 Appearance of famine relief post (13) 20 Gut reaction taking in falsehoods of the least pleasant variety (7) 21 Reckless hero finding job put in a new place (7) 23 Designate firstclass city (5) 24 Undeveloped land for a degree of combat (5,4) 25 Holly is perpetually innocent (9) 26 I would find the French not working (4)

DOWN

1 It contains information, a little brought back to HQ (8) 2 Who is concerned about being in vehicle (5) 3 Grain is hard for this sort of pasty (7) 4 Justify old partner being unsophisticated (7) 5 Mend china given cracks that may let out hot drinks (7,7) 6 Sounds produced as sliding motion (9) 7 Miss touring round Switzerland’s crevasse (6) 8 Display a piece of jewellery we hear, moving adventurously upwards (14) 14 Beeb broadcast about common lowly honey producer (9) 15 Missing onset of nightfall, let out to cause a disturbance (8) 17 Tiredness of fellow with fever holding it up (7) 18 Drive in lad to be an operator (7) 19 Cow chewed this, then got led off in embrace (6) 22 Affect greatly with turn and hang in the balance (5)