Across
7
Poet describing girl unknown in tempest (8)
9
Part of graffiti ban is to be reviewed soon (2,1,3)
10
Bird dropped from flower branch (4)
11
A mare falls awkwardly, causing unnecessary anxiety (5,5)
12
Rabbit to live and run after injection (6)
14
Hypocritical few do act artfully (3-5)
15
Maybe dreads hard song performance (6)
17
Smear last of butter inside expensive cut of meat (6)
20
Worker in charge has a power restriction (8)
22
Rat is a river animal (6)
23
Rave over broadcast of hits — racy pop enthralled me in the ’50s (3,7)
24
Question a youth heading for pier (4)
25
Rule by force ended by noon (6)
26
Make gloomy detectives reviewing drug experience swallow one (8)
Down
1
Careless vivacity follows second drink (8)
2
Vehicle contains ultimate glitz for Russian leader (4)
4
If able to swim, it can save you at sea (8)
5
Standard moan about Independent at Westminster? (10)
6
Wild reef and endless ice spell disaster (6)
8
Concentrate less with endless cacophony on instrument (6)
13
Note short queue and loiter, swallowing drug in cul-de-sac (5,5)
16
Correct discretion is missing in religious teaching (8)
18
Continue to look up article on bird (4,2,2)
19
Jazzed up society photo with editor (6)
21
In Vietnam, a zonking great river (6)
24
Brief pique ruined joke (4)