Across
1 Willing to learn from medical
man, the Italian head of
embryology (6)
4 Son, violently attacked crossing
Libya’s capital, ran (8)
9 Tea is prepared after Sunday
afternoon nap (6)
10 Extramarital sex upset true
lady (8)
12 Sash to wrap round body after
first of wins (6,5)
13 Novelist from district of London
close to Pimlico (3)
14 Mysterious death in a short,
Hitchcock’s last film (1,4,2,3,4)
17 Nervous MP has date with former
PM in a London park (9,5)
19 Sky broadcast (3)
21 Relatives at sea? (6,5)
23 One daughter, Isolde, possibly
put on a pedestal (8)
24 Clever to bring in an English
king (6)
25 Tass , long spreading a Gorbachev
initiative (8)
26 Understood about place causing
anger (6)
Down
1 Deny any connection with row
about pig (6)
2 Mo changes, changes dress (9)
3 Off the booze during card game
and bingo (5)
5 Editor, one got hold of by
graduate, examines university
course (5,7)
6 See supporting information
about grey duck (9)
7 Belgian city, for example, in piece
of fiction (5)
8 Cold, plant where a liner may be
built (3,4)
11 Place not catering for private
dining? (8,4)
15 Ruling passion of old boy
sitting (9)
16 A special characteristic, odd trait,
found on Scottish island (9)
17 Male group welcoming a court
case (7)
18 Behind adult not inclined to
leniency (6)
20 German’s OK after port wine (5)
22 Pickle’s fraudulent business
scheme — Peregrine’s first (5)
