Across
1 Game reserve captured by writer, opening out (8)
5 Dispute bringing strikes about (4)
10 Child led by mother to become builder (5)
11 Inherited bric-a-brac finally in a home artist left (9)
12 Warning about bone I name wrongly in humorous story (5,3,2,1,4)
13 Took off from Maine, going west, having wandered around (7)
15 Petty details in dogma I virtually reversed (6)
17 One fishing in lake consumed by exasperation (6)
19 Element of false humility not unknown (7)
21 Actually in bad form, fat cat at sea (2,1,6,2,4)
23 Arise and make speech about island spirit (9)
24 Flower ending in display behind platform (5)
25 Speaker’s way of walking, making entrance (4)
26 Can old favourites, coming back, hurry up? (4,2,2)
Down
1 Burial ground encountered between church and eastern railway (8)
2 Play recruit, receiving thanks led by popular player (15)
3 Begin disorderly spree (5)
4 State of India with leader in authority (2-5)
6 Embodiment of spirit once in a broadcast (15)
7 Connect with engineers behind schedule (6)
8 Text about split accepted by saint (6)
9 Writer with influence in fight, not right (8)
14 Explosive in large container carried by express, mostly (8)
16 Satisfied with hotel in fantastic stay? It’s a gem (8)
18 Trade union in retreat overturned custom (6)
19 Greatest finish from scorer, for example, coming up in final (7)
20 Excerpt from Caesar on Gallic garment (6)
22 Agent, out of bed, tired (3,2)
Published - August 19, 2017 04:00 pm IST
