by Mark Taylor
ACROSS
1. In Old Kingdom, marinade first and season … (6)
4. … tender loin, half cut with French wine: good! (6)
9. Demand to be included in sisterhood (6)
10. Extravagant girth, bulging we hear! (8)
11. Cold cash needed to get this 1A treat (3,5)
12. Former boyfriend: trash. Not first husband … but with side benefits (6)
13. Police pressure on race division (4)
14. Check website for Committee on Safety First — possibly needed for 1A break? (10)
16. 13A Thea treated this way? (10)
18. You first found, in opening up, a taxing way (4)
19. Make room for school training, swapping one learner for a hundred (6)
21. Tip beers out? Certainly! (2,2,4)
23. Confused, I shot pal — better get to this place! (8)
24. Wise man’s back — takes in reformed thug (6)
24. Grill Aussie for almost complete ban on ‘foreign’ brie (6)
26. Ghost nets first! Recycled into 1A wear (6)
DOWN
1. Blockout ‘R’ scene, modified after star’s first appearance (9)
2. I’m a fool — left on film site in dancer’s tights (7)
3. Wax lyrical in sext? Old romantic! (5)
5. Drunk, yet sober after first diving in to find these estuarine reefs (6,3)
6. Murdered over a drink? Chilly but refreshing! (4,3)
7. Turn Audi three quarters, spinning found in wheels (5)
8. Far from the Madding Crowd: Hardy’s second novel, a formality to be included in Law Review (4, 4, 2, 3)
14. Cracks up, after the craziness with this odd type of western (9)
15. Re-imagined as dread: my workaday fancies (9)
17. Gear up, or wash out? Not a big swimmer (7)
18. Fool under pressure (10 newtons) gets intense emotion (8)
20. Scots lower British man first into deep hollow (5)
22. You need 1D, 2D, 26A and possibly 14A when you go here for a 1A break! (5)
SOLUTION
