Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times,Bangalore (8912 of 05-03-2024)

Cryptic Crossword from Economic Times, Bangalore (8912 of 05-03-2024) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
6 Royal cook's been free to roam, publishing these? (9,5)
9 Challenge a court to protect country school (6)
10 Seasonal tree left cut, with Robin flying around (5,3)
11 Ulster country amateur appears in public (8)
13 Stag's Head branch learnt to dance (6)
15 Lower the price of crude distributed around the East (6)
17 Unable to disperse cloud (6)
19 Relish various challenges? All except one (6)
20 Awning has collapsed in dunes unforunately (8)
22 Top players in six punishing tours to Italy (8)
24 Writer of 'Golden God'? (6)
26 It's hard to get over sun falling on black hair (9,5)

Down:
1 For you it's crucial maybe to put in action word (14)
2 Hairstyle for a comic (4)
3 Visit Santa here for rubbish toys? Not half (6)
4 Film member wandering around middle of France (8)
5 British individual maybe funny (4)
7 Number swimming in Tyne (6)
8 Tableware drove kink's fans crazy (6,3,5)
12 Wrangling here in Leicester Odeon (5)
14 Slight stroke producing tense pained expression (5)
16 Seasonal songs about river, drivers share them (3,5)
18 A small error conceals good attribute (6)
21 Barney's on the loose in the neighbourhood (6)
23 Magazine issue's brought up (4)
25 Stole turnover? Fine (4)
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ACROSS 6 A cosy stretch in the wild around here essentially for wading birds (14) 9 Singer Percy’s winter transport (6) 10 Victor in charge bearing poor coal with name typical of fiery terrain? (8) 11 Sword with a curved blade? I scram nervously having held it (8) 13 Group from the East with Edward given a challenge? (6) 15 Taint actually after swapping America for Spain (6) 17 Firm managed to entertain northern novelist Shirley (6) 19 Get back, for example, in wet weather (6) 20 Engineer was chary in curved structures (8) 22 Military officer blimey with friend detaining soldiers (8) 24 Cleans clothing worn by surgeons (6) 26 Tip to chess players, perhaps, to be street wise? (4,1,4,2,3) DOWN 1 Novice lot uncle trained as a band, maybe (10,4) 2 American journalist describing some cars? (4) 3 Feted novel about a military loss (6) 4 Argument about note left in woman’s shoe (8) 5 Flightless bird found in another headland (4) 7 Dance about excitedly with tipsy actor around middle of Savoy (6) 8 Show mild surprise with faulty wires by one area (5,2,7) 12 Rising aspiration about a fellow in criminal organisation (5) 14 Small mammal quiet about front of wood (5) 16 American disrupted a wide-screen film presentation (8) 18 Old man against much affection for Russian physiologist (6) 21 Swivelling wheel shown in broadcast, originally (6) 23 Additional note containing two points in benches in church (4) 25 Judge speed (4)