Daily Mail Cryptic #16323

2020-05-26

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Across

6a

It’s irrelevant penning new poem off the cuff (14)

9a

East Sussex resort’s fine, apart from its outskirts (6)

10a

Withdraw cover off commercial plant (8)

11a

Lamb, for example, lives in English Street (8)

13a

Tell member of family four have escaped (6)

15a

Dutch villain’s windsock (6)

17a

Rubbish is left on avenue (6)

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19a

Spirit can turn cold in retreat (6)

20a

Call over with Republican supporter (8)

22a

Scam here involved wool (8)

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24a

Pests? Never mind, they’re confined here (6)

26a

El Al landed in Elba in error, ie missing ultimate objective (2,3,3,3,3)

Down

1d

Dickens’s barrister? He relishes a good argument (6,8)

2d

Carve, using some pocket chisels (4)

3d

Faulty mobile they lodge in vessel (6)

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4d

Traveller's a lot more trustworthy without one (8)

5d

To some extent, made money in March (4)

7d

Peculiar thing groom did to pony’s tail (6)

8d

Baffling number in unit entitled to drink litres (14)

12d

A fraud involving rare tree fruit (5)

14d

Use both hands to carry writer's organ (5)

16d

I ignored oddly masculine American government representative (5,3)

18d

Astute insectivore found at last (6)

21d

New range supported by a number of services (6)

23d

Henry and another guy drink (4)

25d

Bring up seat (4)