Crossword for Thu, 19/Mar/2020

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Across
1: Very bad, but permissible, to dismiss counsel, ultimately (5)

4: Dotty rides around corrals with someone who passes out (9)

9: Poison with spite (5)

10: Old file is destroyed in valuable Arab lands (3,6)

11: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

12: Exploits, in Time, founder and glow cold (9)

13: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

15: Ball-horses are travellers! (5-8)

18: Article about reckless flogging (9)

21: Gained a hearing (3)

22: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

23: Bury in the empty sepulcher, eventually (5)

25: English poet holding us responsible for hold-up? (9)

26: Unpleasantly rude, definitely lacking touch of elegance (5)
Down
1: Unfavourable publicity given to metrical composition (7)

2: What this puzzle is (3)

3: Flat fish and fruit alone (5,4)

4: Funny dame getting red (5)

5: King of the sun and new moon (7)

6: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

7: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

8: Particular esteem (7)

11: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

14: Flower one planted in weedless patches (9)

15: In last couple of buildings, plumb drains (7)

16: Stormed loudly and held the throne (7)

17: Graphically describe harbour light (7)

19: Monsieur is immersed in unspecified French river (5)

20: Reptile eventually climbing a hill (5)

24: Start reducing salt? (3)




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