ACROSS
1 Don’t show doctor greeting one mistress while embracing another one (4,1,4,4)
10 Shock tool used by locksmith? (4-5)
11 It’s seen in painting, especially (5)
12 Extremes of the filthy dump get you readily annoyed (5)
13 Giving encouragement over that? I must be crazy (9)
14 Ring and cross on Scot, a University fellow? (7)
16 Is it initially located in the prickly plant? (7)
18 Large simple plant incorporates one process of fluid absorption (7)
20 Farewell for ambassador attending Queen Elizabeth I in company (7)
21 Boy, girl and newsman in the doghouse (9)
23 Vulgar slut framing name in vulgar language (5)
24 Should dram be omitted from shortage of drinking material? (5)
25 Train colt to dance – we sing (9)
26 Luxury service to begin: dine with beaux in right surroundings (4,9)
DOWN
2 A sudden flash, topped by the lightning in this? (9)
3 Spider-infested tree has very black interior, on reflection (5)
4 Mystical poet, one with expression of disgust, in the forefront (7)
5 Be a recipient of fashionable girl’s sex-appeal (7)
6 Exclude Ordnance Survey line encircling island (9)
7 Little space given to University in Ulster due to lack of interest (5)
8 Fancy that being a question of expertise (4,2,3,4)
9 Football fans’ cry foreshadows a win – things never change (4,2,2,5)
15 Who’ll organise inert cops? (9)
17 Ultrapain, wrongly prescribed, can be rough stuff (9)
19 I join cutter going round edge of Pacific (7)
20 Former emperor almost capturing protectorate in noted display of prowess (7)
22 Most of the liquor turns up after dark (5)
23 Content’s missing from some spirit – it’s just watery liquid (5)
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