| Clues across |
| 8 | Perhaps Dominic ate tablets? (10) |
| 9 | Part of rocket NASA launched is liable to erupt (4) |
| 10 | Unable to think further about right hit (6) |
| 11 | Lear, next to get confused outside (8) |
| 12 | “That chap, a brickie?” it’s said. “Concerned with heights?” (8) |
| 14 | Hauled and retched (6) |
| 15 | Canon accepted responsibility for deformed appearance (5-10) |
| 18 | Bogus editor is disgraced (6) |
| 20 | Steadfast, got up awkwardly with musical instrument (8) |
| 22 | Releases heard at university when lakes turn to ice (6-2) |
| 23 | Insect seen in place before start of term (6) |
| 25 | One leaves corn in a labyrinth (4) |
| 26 | Sibyl’s full? Contentedly so! (10) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | What’s the point of new establishment? (4) |
| 2 | Lie on upper ledge, initially, with a bone (6) |
| 3 | Sailor’s holding money back for birds (8) |
| 4 | Like a film from picture-palace – too vivid, omitting nothing (15) |
| 5 | Bridge partners talk disjointedly and make a grab (6) |
| 6 | Use iron to shrink (8) |
| 7 | Battle for betrothal (10) |
| 13 | Hostile ram runs amok; it goes through places which are equally hot (10) |
| 16 | Counted unfeeling European left-winger (8) |
| 17 | Uninterested, not having a menu (8) |
| 19 | A bunch of nerds, we get surrounded by girls coming out (6) |
| 21 | Secure jail (4-2) |
| 24 | Southern drink in auction (4) |
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