Guardian Cryptic #28665

2022-01-27

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Across

1a

Certain to restrain organised workers in a stitch-up (6)

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4a

Most eccentric groups of soldiers in company dealing with communications (8)

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9a

Like a mansion said to be damp and unhealthy (6)

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10a

VIP's report? (3,5)

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11a

One has ice cream melting? Eat it! (8,6)

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13a

Criticism coming with IT? I celebrate converting for use with computers (10)

14a

Miscellany in large book needing no introduction (4)

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16a

Bank in decline with lake drying up (4)

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18a

Danced, as repeatedly instructed (10)

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21a

Dogs as exceptional sniffers can help, left to go free (14)

23a

Within a month be replaced by six who could lay down law in Rome? (8)

24a

Dish awful Tories! (6)

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25a

Rubbish prize reported in broadcast (8)

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26a

One's admiral slain finally at sea (6)

Down

1d

Semi-slave, endlessly cheeky revolutionary (4)

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2d

Chinese foodsomething boring, not much good? (7)

3d

Forces surrounding some fortifications (8)

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5d

Errant Don, I, with a fiasco for the fans? (11)

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6d

Northern city half filled with superior old people (6)

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7d

Animal occupying English lea collapsing on the ground (7)

8d

What's to come of shrubby plant that died after short time? (3,6)

12d

Leader of bloggers is to curse, put out when one's included little-known words? (11)

13d

Daughter is put to bed and kept inside, separated (9)

15d

Whine and sob terriblycan this bring luck to one of couple? (8)

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17d

Very good stars showing blemishes (7)

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19d

More than one wild animal, see, climbs (7)

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20d

Awful moan that is indicating isolation and anxiety (6)

22d

European or American in book title (4)

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