Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, Bangalore (8585 of 17-02-2023)

Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, Bangalore (8585 of 17-02-2023) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
6 Port workers have odd needs? That’s awkward (4-10)
9 Build up a team, by the sound of it (6)
10 Try Cecil’s new transport for kids (8)
11 Arab hospital brought in deteriorating old combatant (8)
13 Like the seventies, licentious, ignoring theatre (6)
15 Short padded jacket of old, twice the usual size (6)
17 The sort of clue that makes adult angry (6)
19 German forest flowers here (6)
20 Pilot’s excellent times, crossing by way of Turkey (8)
22 Seriously undernourished? Cook leek with salt (8)
24 Start off moral tale concerning crops (6)
26 Handle a remnant designed for such a distant relative? (11,3)

Down:
1 What defenders do, lifting gear (5,3,6)
2 A lot of flyers turned up a long way off (4)
3 Beethoven’s Sixth heard wavering? Pity about that (2,4)
4 Laboratory table appearing at intervals (8)
5 Be jealous of English sailors abandoning area (4)
7 Devotee Mike, say, spice supplier (6)
8 Special little creature and follower go round in control (4-10)
12 Badger member of pack (5)
14 European actor in need of training (5)
16 Extend English article in suburbs of London (8)
18 Advise a bishop to climb steps in Covent Garden (6)
21 OT book is occasionally magical, hard to finish (6)
25 A rare manuscript showing weapons (4)
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