Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times Bangalore (8093 of 23-07-2021)

Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times Bangalore (8093 of 23-07-2021) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
6 Type of gun conspiracy to guard current navigation aid (9,5)
9 Old military protection which defends home (3,3)
10 Employed in Paris, hes involved in various duties (8)
11 Relocate a clay-pit? That's unusual (8)
13 Back up provided, extremely accommodating (6)
15 Big cat circles a rare box containing cords (6)
17 Drain river, spearing fish (6)
19 Witness agreement partially backing approval (6)
20 Whiskey contributed to light head and indecency (8)
22 Note received by more religious innkeeper (8)
24 Fastest riders keep pace (6)
26 Drilling nearby disrupted facility for readers (14)

Down:
1 Unstable isotope cleared for detector at Jodrell Bank (14)
2 Eat out and suchlike at hotel (4)
3 It makes me sick to quote this writer? On the contrary (6)
4 Long to secure one very brief performer (8)
5 Female judge welcomed by eleven Pacific islands (4)
7 Make disorderly rebellious louts start to explain (6)
8 Need soft-shoe shuffle with a Yankee eventually (14)
12 Analyse expected scores by golfer at end of game (5)
14 Arrest bankrupt concealing name (5)
16 It supplies energy, even when Mike comes in (8)
18 More than one mate tours Louvre on odd occasions (6)
21 Cooking ingredient used to be somewhat incomplete (6)
23 Nelsons circular movement at sea (4)
25 Horse excavates core of mountain ash (4)
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ACROSS 6 Will and May are two examples of these (9,5) 9 Calm during races in China (3,3) 10 Officer managed to defend posh hairstyle (8) 11 Aristocratic English law graduate’s shabby clothes (4,4) 13 Tyrant imprisons last of radicals in warehouse (6) 15 Pointless ball game involving sailor (6) 17 New university breaks school contract before match (3-3) 19 Not entirely common groups of species (6) 20 Play sitar with effort and creative skill (8) 22 Underwear, goods and paintings for one with a big head (8) 24 Engineers surrender and go back (6) 26 What hungry army trainees do before and during meals? (7,7) DOWN 1 Do fat geese pair off to produce this delicacy? (4,2,4,4) 2 A big shot at Lord’s heads up alliance (4) 3 Bum mostly drinks litres under the table (6) 4 Engine part works indirectly without it (8) 5 Sort of spring and what appears in it (4) 7 Attractive woman wears this for conquest (6) 8 Changes forbid march welcoming island’s colourful denizen (4,2,8) 12 Legends about one French river (5) 14 Origin of headache? Mistakes union introduced (5) 16 See algae confused this fish-eater (3,5) 18 Manoeuvre leaders of the cast to accept first part of play (6) 21 Discover vessel entering place the wrong way round (4,2) 23 Good boy’s happy (4) 25 Anglicans entertain a society, for instance (4)