Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, New Delhi (8258 of 01-02-2022)

Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, New Delhi (8258 of 01-02-2022) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
6 Stuffing perhaps in seat doing rider no good (6,8)
9 Open statement, reading out one of five letters? (6)
10 Sink U-boat (German) in lake (8)
11 Old Arab in Genoa infringed forbidden zone (2-2,4)
13 Preamble's not quite at the front (4-2)
15 Land on fire (6)
17 Six have whip round and spend extravagantly (6)
19 Agrees name must be deleted in balance sheet items (6)
20 Hanging loose, say, having been kept in the dark (8)
22 Writer put in another poor, unlikely lead character (8)
24 Break the law on holiday on purpose (6)
26 Harry declines fun, having broken leg in ego trip (4-10)

Down:
1 Eleven face ASBO, rioting when off work (5,2,7)
2 Trouble for upwardly-mobile liberal-minded Tories (4)
3 Line manager learning to dance but not at home (6)
4 Ferdinand's wife lives with a beautiful Italian (8)
5 Loyal backing group in amateur theatre (4)
7 Cause alarm to maids working at rear of scullery (6)
8 Frequency of anglophones crossing to Calais? (7,7)
12 Girl's ring, as it happens (5)
14 Roadie unexpectedly takes his leave (5)
16 Henry Bishop in a sense upset former trendsetters (3-5)
18 Wartime allies turned over houses to solve puzzle (6)
21 It's difficult to tackle King's depression (6)
23 Facts gleaned primarily in newspapers from overseas (4)
25 Kitty's daughter's amusement comes first (4)
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