No 2534, Sunday, 24 May 09

Some entertaining clues for the last Sunday of May
ACROSS
1 - Poet having rare delicacy on part of Hebridean island (5,3-5) - CECIL DAY*-LEWIS
9 - Self-evident truth adult associate recalled about love (5) - A{X}I{O}M
10 - Team everybody boycotts (3,6) - ALL BLACKS [CD]
11 - Fruit that could make one unwell in old Moorish city (10) - GRANAD{ILL}A
12 - Appellation belonging to Dallaglio, naturally? (4) - LION [T]
14 - Distinctive smell of European river, some say (5) - ODOUR (~oder)
15 - Gaudy public house, good in Winter, say (3,6) - {G}{IN} PALACE linking winter; to palace as the answer, seems a bit obscure
16 - Formal wear in smooth clubs,perhaps (5,4) - DRESS SUIT [CD]
18 - Accumulate a large number (5) - A{MASS}
21 - Girl about right for service (4) - A{R}MY
22 - Discovers fool swallowing some (10) - AS{CERTAIN}S
24 - Conductor of opera one located in pub on the way back (9) - TOSCA{N{I}NI<-}
25 - Ring worn by miss, unattached (5) - L{O}OSE
26 - Everything must go here (9,4) - CLEARANCE SALE [CD]
DOWN
1 - Musical, elegant with a vitality (7) - {CHIC}{A}{GO}
2 - Found, ornate mace and a crucifix (4,6) - CAME {A}{CROSS}
3 - One may be asked by counsel in prominent matter (7,8) - LEADING QUESTION [CD]
4 - At each stage from A to B on the London Underground? (3,5,3,4) - ALL ALONG THE LINE [CD]
5 - Girl, awfully ill close to infirmary (4) - LIL{Y}
6 - US city with CIA involvement (7) - WICHITA*
7 - Girl uses an eccentric knight inside (7) - SUSAN{N}E*
8 - Racing driver frustrated in a fog (6) - FANGIO*
13 - Managed to explain note after Territorial Army dance (10) - {TA}{RAN}{TELL}{A}
16 - Radical doctor with a short cane (7) - {DR}{A}{STIC}(-k)
17 - All together in new manse on outskirts of Stoke (2,5) - EN MASSE
19 - Notice one model is fat (7) - {AD}{I}{POSE}
20 - Nurse in obstetrics is terrific (6) - SISTER [T]
23 - Pretty fine tune (4) - {F}{AIR}