Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, Bangalore (8216 of 14-12-2021)

Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, Bangalore (8216 of 14-12-2021) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
6 Like baby-sitter, making censorial point maybe (2,4,8)
9 Edict of 13 native Americans (6)
10 Trite remark needing no introduction in room (8)
11 Charlatan in street interrupts: ‘I’m short of cash’ (8)
13 Dawn’s language (6)
15 e.g. soldiers with practical skills turn and come out (6)
17 Bird put pressure on Romeo … (6)
19 … behind weaver in Shakespeare play (6)
20 Put a line through our costs by mistake (5,3)
22 Vitality returned to run-down Zaire eatery (8)
24 Community in Colorado only fell apart (6)
26 Bizarrely opera star flips; it’s ideal for cast (7,2,5)

Down
1 Odd mail item about memoir rewritten in distant past (4,10)
2 Smear rock group (4)
3 Stress what may reveal where you come from (6)
4 Tense girl, nearly drunk, honest (8)
5 Little pest showing some malign attitude (4)
7 Meagre attempt to support friend (6)
8 Improper behaviour is soon censured somehow (14)
12 What’s public is secret after 4th of March (5)
14 First Lady’s invited in 50 little people (5)
16 So these could become gruesomest homes for koalas? (3,5)
18 Old company collected back tax in book once (6)
21 Busy firm lifted trophy at start of year (6)
23 Keen interest shown in bronze statue (4)
25 It’s quite like an early rebec essentially (4)
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