Crossword for Fri, 16/Sep/2022

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Across
1: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)

5: Its cold! Hurry up and ground it ... (5,2)

8: Greenspan hugs former wife and the German control freak Haig (9)

10: Biblical refugee, American flower (5)

11: Warrior and Republican in fantastic legend (7)

12: Too bad! Drive back for Italian wine (7)

13: To restrain a small child that is not up. (2, 3, 4)

14: Knew a radical in stir (5)

16: Haley's book provides moral support (5)

18: Violent overthrow of government up to cadet, unfortunately (4,5)

20: Talk about rent for a piece of property (7)

22: Long period certain to be wiped clean. (7)

23: How might number mine something? (5)

24: Paradise, perhaps, where rails hang askew (7-2)

25: Bees encircling trash--back, over, and above (7)

26: Feminine articles put in case (7)
Down
1: Massacre gives Serb leader mirth (9)

2: Always, the final way is a mountain! (7)

3: Tarnish, with bit of dirt, symbol of Superman's composure (9)

4: To initiate into communist units, they carry the vital gas. (3, 5, 5)

6: Taxi takes trio of travelers to particular tree? (7)

7: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

9: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

10: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

14: Broadly-inclusive explanation for Hang Loose heard (4-5)

15: Remote and barbarous Irish school (5,4)

17: Also-ran gestates, bearing fruit? (7)

19: Booster involving risk brought to a halt early form of Voyager (7)

21: Child is to depart, finally (3)

23: Small piece of fish (3)




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