Complete Clue List
Across
7. Not up to scratch except perhaps on a golf course (5,3)
9. Gruel I cooked is more unsightly (6)
10. No score in final over (4)
11. Tom to sleep foolishly by tribal pillars (5,5)
12. Initially unsuspecting carpenter ants trapped by heavyweight bird (6)
14. A bedtime drink as headwear? (8)
15. Agitated Romans demand payment for the release of prisoner (6)
17. Most likely to win although a strange male child?(4,2)
20. Trojan war hero is unwell, enveloped by pains! (8)
22. Short fuse with charged particle joining together (6)
23. Nominally a very tall poet? (10)
24. Salver used in orchestra yesterday (4)
25. Angler suspect of a sovereign (6)
26. May need every member of National Insurance Council to commence aide-memoire? (8)
Down
1. Planned start of military action in no time at all! (4,4)
2. Observe memorandum (4)
3. Very accurate but perhaps grubby? (4,2)
4. Mum raged wildly and made a thorough search (8)
5. At sea, SOS bottled for medical examinations (5,5)
6. Obsolete currency in type set anomaly (6)
8. About a silver metal enclosed in back of the eye (6)
13. A body of troops gathering first in Australia perhaps? (10)
16. Lose will, wretched shafts drilled in earth (3,5)
18. Noble gas contains French milk shake and romance language (3,5)
19. A shelter for political refugees? (6)
21. Shamrock for a third rate romeo? (6)
22. This guy was executed for conspiracy!
24. Helen's weight in gold? (4)