| Clues across |
| 9 | Expensive, the French church spire (7) |
| 10 | “’Morning, Heather! What a great country!” (7) |
| 11 | Frequently decimal? (5) |
| 12 | On which musical scores are written? (9) |
| 13 | Doesn’t it make you sick? (6) |
| 14 | Sue posed, perhaps to get engaged (8) |
| 17 | Pay for a portion, holding Sid back, ensuring uniformity (15) |
| 18 | Protector’s covering a disturbed raid with weapon (8) |
| 19 | Conclusion held by Turkish commander, defining items for meeting (6) |
| 22 | Intoxicated, stabilised broken bone (9) |
| 24 | Throw tar (5) |
| 25 | Influential in future development in metals, omitting tin initially, then melting down (7) |
| 26 | Losing head, painted in dotty fashion and drank too much (7) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | A beach where sailor’s found when he leaves his ship (6) |
| 2 | Chap ready for a duel is a royal bodyguard (9-2-4) |
| 3 | Absence of prejudice in one undergoing brain surgery? (4-6) |
| 4 | Streaks revealed in passive inspection (5) |
| 5 | Can’t a fist sort out characters? That’s amazing! (9) |
| 6 | Look up and down (4) |
| 7 | Girl’s to transfer charged particle at cathedral town in an impartial manner (15) |
| 8 | Scold Henry and little Daniel, we’re told (8) |
| 15 | The seeds of Protestantism in Northern Ireland? (6,4) |
| 16 | Wages list found on dinner-table (5,4) |
| 17 | It shows the way to write name on letters (8) |
| 20 | Garden pests hid in plant juice, upset (6) |
| 21 | Woman has to correct draft before start of holiday (5) |
| 23 | Disrupted school’s quality (4) |
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