TRICKY Crossword!

across

1 accent scrum is changing conditions (13) 8 pool of money for some staff underpaid (4) 9 made out it’s acknowledged (10) 10 two-thirds of a bistro no good briefly, yet mighty! (6) 11 breathed in when visited by the muse (8) 12 ref’s night out causes alarm (9) 14 in the pet shop it yells out for compassion (4) 15 exploited wrongly collected dues (4) 16 concurrence in contract (9) 21 organisms. a brace, it turned out (8) 22 place sporting support in sofa (6) 24 tut! earlier misprint in creative writing (10) 25 drink in a tamil kaftan (4) 26 calumnies lose out, as

many-sided (13)

Down

1 against the servery? (7) 2 aid, or treatment with a form of communication (5) 3 honest! it’s sort of piano (7) 4 notices components or part thereof (7) 5 grand month! (6) 6 knocking citric limes, possibly, without the French (9) 7 things on stage for part of the act with rosy edges (7) 13 crazy sergeants may have this thrust upon them! (9) 15 a rum uni device for a heavy element (7) 17 possibly guard the French female one step at a time (7) 18 oriental characters in earnest (7) 19 these items have points but are almost unnecessary (7) 20agrees about an old musical film (6) 23 not entirely contemporary musical pace (5)

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