Crossword for Tue, 21/Dec/2021

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Across
1: They say the headmaster should be guided by this (9)

6: Fill-in professional almost rewrote the column (5)

8: See its violent broadcast? (10,3)

10: Crooner Mel: famous, loveless, suffering (9)

11: Laid off, breadwinner's starting to wing it (2-3)

12: Saint Harry's late news flash (4,5)

16: I went crazy for rope (5)

17: Explosion is bomb's first and last (5)

18: Having a specialized tax status, the result of a visit to an amateur tailor? (9)

19: Religious types taking some time in the morning? (5)

20: Recruit criminal with calligraphy (9)

24: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

25: Adjust to initially having little juice (5)

26: Two detectives produce a cosmetic (3,6)

Down
1: Factory to unveil cheap lantern part (5)

2: Police questioning a retiring toon under the table (13)

3: The cow may do this in the local veterinary yard (5)

4: Turn four in vessel (5)

5: Same as Edward, partly comforted (5)

6: Keep an eye on a new teak floor (4,5)

7: Jenny adopted Bill (it's subject to change) (7)

9: Awful din; ill effects were her own doing (4-9)

13: Spooner to scrap Reserve Night? (5,4)

14: One may be a very long time (3)

15: Child, bask by the sound (3)

17: Let bank arrange cover (7)

20: Get up to speak and wrap up (5)

21: Suitable position to occupy in back with revolutionary (5)

22: Squeeze in a pash (5)

23: Confuse cast (5)





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