CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sheep run needs assistance with smash and grab (3,4)

5 Employer sets you and me before the Queen (4) 10 Nothing new in Leeds, initially (3)

11 With wild mad tail, an animal always spotted! (9) 12 Right to leave hike to take a stroll (5) 13 Turn away, and polish again? (6) 15 Garment close second (6)

17 Pole restrained by moral relating to race (6) 18 Outspoken aristocrat is unproductive (6) 20 Person inexplicably seeing carpentry tool, say (5) 23 Aged teacher and famous painter (3,6) 24 Imitate monkey (3)

25 Phobia shouldn’t include partiality (4)

26 Son seen disrupting harmony (7)

DOWN

2 Spontaneous remark from mad libertine (2-3) 3 Special time for the Russian postal services (3-6,3) 4 Lazy fellow is doing little edifying revision for starters (5)

6 Reinforce rigid bearings (7)

7 Circle an item of jewellery (4)

8 Discover one in France with broken heart (7) 9 Warrant bribe reforming underground system (6,6) 14 Red sign of wound allowed (7)

16 Relative amount of money needed to graduate (7) 19 Unacceptable idea I rejected (3,2)

21 Pot seen on the lawn? (5)

22 A lot of money for an explosive device (4)