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Independent 1557

ACROSS

1              Earth’s new emotion? (6,2,5)

10           Backing of artist and the others society stops (7)

11           Slightly embarrassed about b-beautiful girl? (7)

12           Broke? Some say ‘not solvent’, on reflection (5)

13           Heads back to prevent sudden examination (4,5)

14           Element not first in disfavour (5)

16           Dangerous quality of ocean, ultimately visible in tossing Irish sea (9)

18/3/26 Rotten deal? (9,5,2,3,8)

19           Formerly due somehow to give out (5)

20           Childless woman? Some swear a pill unsettles back (9)

23           Gymnastic exercise in vehicle? That’s a prank (5)

24           Leading seaman – lad 66% marine, possibly (7)

25           Boundless local rain dancing? Blow this! (7)

26           See 18 across

DOWN

2              Instrument’s buzzing sound interrupted by Marion playing (9)

3              See 18 across

4              Conservative leader breaking off stops and relaxes (5)

5              The production of piglets a long way off’s causing a racket (9)

6              Dr. once operating in defence, finally, of glandular system (9)

7              One is getting stuck into scripture lessons to provide elevation (5)

8              Holy day – Spain sounds excited, surely (7,6)

9              Has edited version of speaker’s English – one suited to Elizabethan stage (13)

15           Leading woman’s endless ordeal in demo (9)

16           Scoundrel, in a while, twisting beneficiary (4-2-3)

17           Supply furniture department abroad with balance (9)

21           Part of problem only yields an unsatisfactory answer (5)

22           Not quite on top of The Ring from the start (2,3)

23           Credit an idiot – with being this? (5)

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