ACROSS1 After start of meal, bolt vegetable
5 Bully off – a
wet bob is engaged around river
9 Suspicious candidate bears examination
10 Prepared
to see the last of wicked idolaters - about time! (three words)
11 Working at night, smooth type
drinks a blend of gin (two words)
12 Two small boys in
Casualty 14 Short
swan? (two words, hyphenated)
16 Coach, one sometimes travelling on the pavement during running
18
See preamble
19 Spending the money and failing to take the consequences (three words)
23
My Fair Lady on television? Listen to this for melodies
24 Cries out for broadcast material
25
Bird that manages gale with ease? (two words)
26 Number Ten – I must go round in New Year
DOWN
2 See title
3 Extend upwards, for example, doubled over
4
See preamble
5 Ask around in essence
6 Circulation fundamental to free issue
7
Stall commotion in American campaign
8 Sonar engineers burning on purpose
13 In solution
terrapins breathe
14 See preamble
15 For spare tyre bear left, regularly looking up
17
Not any one can be reduced to nothing in this way
18 Fellow falls down in free bar
20
Jazz centre on the river, exemplar of the blues
21 Plain food
22 Pope's timeless head-covering
