1 Sports venues, and equipment? (4,5)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Speedy 1344 - 4 July 2021 - for the Guardian
Across
1
Sports venues, and equipment? (4,5)
8
Oven; oast (4)
9
Literally, the steering side of a vessel (9)
10
Fable; fantasy (4)
13
The right-hand page or leaf of a book (5)
15
Accord; harmony (6)
16
Avoid; shun (6)
17
I do gin (anag) (6)
19
Quarter; subdivision (6)
20
Hang over; loiter (5)
21
This maybe heard at 1? (4)
24
Patriotic film or event (4-5)
25
Recess; cubbyhole (4)
26
Worthy of respect (9)
Down
2
Swearword; pledge (4)
3
Defensive stronghold; redoubt (4)
4
Work free; undo (6)
5
Scold harshly; castigate (6)
6
Without blame; chaste (4-5)
7
Hurt or knocked about; worse for wear (2,3,4)
11
Leave dangerously late; allow little margin (3,2,4)
12
Firelighter; potentially explosive situation (9)
13
Sketch; coarse (5)
14
Willow for basket-making (5)
18
Informally, great quantities (6)
19
------ Rachmaninov, composer (6)
22
Town and lake of North Wales (4)
23
British prime minister 1834-35; 1841-46 (4)