No 2775, Sunday 26 Jan 2014

REPUBLIC 

DAY 

GREETINGS

ACROSS
1   Formal caution suggested by this court (4,7) STAR CHAMBER {STAR CH}{AMBER}
9   Spanish mayor called a lunatic (7) ALCALDE*
10 Smiled broadly having good cooked dinner (7) GRINNED {G}{DINNER*}
11 Match between local teams in English city (5) DERBY [DD]
12 Governor worried about wicket covered with weeds (9) OVERGROWN {OVERGRO{W}N*}
13 Scoff, upset by famous industrialist's film (10) GETTYSBURG {GETTY'S}{BURG<=}
15 Love quiet American work (4) OPUS {O}{P}{US}
17 Girl in public school, losing heart (4) RUBY RUgBY
18 Most uncommon to receive gen in jungle (10) RAINFOREST {RA{INFO}REST}
21 Admonished, head of council went quickly (9) CHASTENED {C}{HASTENED}
23 Exercise may make doctor unwell! (5) DRILL {DR}{ILL}
24 Variety of kilts, notice, back in Hebridean archipelago (2,5) ST KILDA {ST KIL*}{DA<=}
25 Business interest (7) CONCERN [DD]
26 Favourite in form? Note odds in the race fluctuating (8,3) TEACHERS PET {TE}{ACHER{S P}ET*}

DOWN
1   Protection across the board? It may help one sleep at night (8,7) SECURITY BLANKET {SECURITY} {BLANKET}
2    Yale elmy? That could be nonsense (3,2,3) ALL MY EYE*
3   About to be included in Conservative party's statement of belief (5) CREDO {C}{RE}{DO}
4   Metal bracket in corner by press (5,4) ANGLE IRON {ANGLE} {IRON}
5    Game bird, initially with crest (6) BRIDGE {Bird}{RIDGE}
6   What Carter once did successfully, but not his predecessor? (3,3,9) RAN FOR PRESIDENT [GK]
7    Mean scoundrel after drink for pet (6) LAPDOG {LAP}{DOG}
8    Handsome youth a lecturer is after (6) ADONIS {A}{DON}{IS}
14 Bairn, surprisingly, was hard to indoctrinate (9) BRAINWASH {BAIRN*}{WAS}{H}
16 Frosty spell may cause viral infection to flare up (4,4) COLD SNAP {COLD} {SNAP}
17 Suspension of business in bay (6) RECESS [DD]
19 Special gift adult left in shelter (6) TALENT {T{A}{L}ENT}
20 Girl is excellent right away (6) STELLA STELLAr
22 Extremely debatable, my colour scheme (5) DECOR {DebatablE}{COR}