| Clues across |
| 8 | Fail to win in court or private room (6) |
| 9 | Viking rider loses his head, gets new leader (8) |
| 10 | American agent held by English colleague to waste away (8) |
| 11 | Assemble and present gun to that woman (6) |
| 12 | Dear client’s entangled (10) |
| 14 | Location in a sense, it’s said (4) |
| 15 | One disliking change wants discussion, swapping beginning and end of verses, first (15) |
| 18 | Crazy idol found in swimming pool (4) |
| 20 | Eight hands could be deadly (10) |
| 22 | Mouse is slain, oddly, and found on the breakfast table (6) |
| 23 | It’s sufficient to make poster balance (8) |
| 25 | Reluctance to change longitude, initially, in this navigation system (8) |
| 26 | Pinches alloys, we’re told (6) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Furious, having nothing for bird (8) |
| 2 | Disturbed spy crushes rebel leader’s spirit . . . (6) |
| 3 | . . . before climbing volcano (4) |
| 4 | Capable of being switched around like Cain, Abel – then Reg (15) |
| 5 | Father, holding on to wig, takes Detective Inspector to court – a user? (4,6) |
| 6 | Dump black stone? It’s awkwardly put on (8) |
| 7 | I leave one in hospital – that’s obvious! (6) |
| 13 | Stingy liar is upset by complaint (10) |
| 16 | Godparents forming backing group (8) |
| 17 | Date with first of lovers? Yes – turning up to cuddle in a dignified manner (8) |
| 19 | A first-class gun destroyed lizard (6) |
| 21 | Stored in river in outskirts of Harvard (6) |
| 24 | Banquet doesn’t start in this quarter (4) |
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