Crossword for Tue, 25/Feb/2020

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Across
1: Plots get Cuban revolutionary leader in a terrible mess (7)

5: Make known one pound increase after high school (7)

9: A heron regrets losing its wings (5)

10: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

11: Number One in facetiousness (3)

12: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

15: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

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

19: Varies order in command? That's debatable (13)

21: Capture ten heading north (3)

22: He is found in the alloy described (5)

23: Threefold test (5)

25: All but fool classics at funfair (7)

26: Quickly assemble dry pail (7)

Down
1: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

2: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

3: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

4: Footwear around Canada is a disgrace (7)

5: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)

6: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

7: In which the players are top-ranking officers? (5,4)

8: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

12: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

13: One in Canada, peut-tre? (7)

14: Nothing added to list for early riser (7)

15: Asked for quote in 3-D (9)

17: Raging hides evidence of debts (7)

18: Drive an unusual visitor (7)

20: I competed with climbers on the walls? (5)

22: Fiction position (3)

23: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

24: Non-clerical song (3)





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