Cryptic Clues
ACROSS
1 2 and 20 and 40 (3-5)
6 Vincent perhaps frames northern king's son (6)
9 Married Ted after university (6)
10 Girl brought back alternative to salt (8)
11 Send weapon by road in America (8)
12 Make fun of singer's opening and finish (4-2)
13 Co-operate and withdraw at the same time (4,8)
15 Support for each boy shown by you (6,6)
19 Trojan queen's husband goes to eastern Caribbean island (6)
21 Obscene to amuse oneself with murder (4,4)
23 Destroy a large proportion of Dutch rodents, return, and eat crackers (8)
24 Book three's quite different (6)
25 Henry has many unusual lithographs originally found in church (6)
26 Separate record concerning time and energy (8)
DOWN
2 Finish with anger (4-2)
3 Finally impress a brown devil (5)
4 Out of date account of the police (3,4)
5 Fervent eastern reactionary (7)
6 Dicky poses with old Spanish coins (5)
7 Is Heather to name this London borough? (9)
8 Magician's trick has Jack turn to King then Queen (8)
13 Prodigality in priest has Zoe's heart melting (9)
14 Everyone here is late? (8)
16 Edward goes to new area of interest in London (7)
17 Ship carrying odd Dicken's character (7)
18 A special gift of story books (6)
20 Girl gets one pound in benefit (5)
22 Head to river with father (5)
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