No 2543, Sunday, 26 Jul 09

What a refreshing change after 10 days of NJ :-))
ACROSS
1 - Female breaks in tight set – if good service follows it’ll do for a Wimbledon champion (6,4) – STE{F}FI* {G}{RAF}
6 - Dog with no lead causes irritation (4) – (-b)ITCH
10 - Run off with sailor back out East (7) – {AB}{S(-e)COND}
11 - A flap from one lair, well-oiled (7) – AILERON*
12 - Right occasion to rotate forward (5) – {R}{EMIT<-} )
13 - Mexican dish left in hacienda to be cooked (9) – ENCHI{L}ADA*
14 - Woeful issue? (10,5) – WEDNESDAYS CHILD [CD]
16 - A question that may be asked at the bar: why is poor aunt so drunk? (5,4,6) – WHATS YOUR POISON*
20 - Having loose morals with you, sexually? (9) – AMOROUSLY*
21 - Painting style showing circle followed by lines? (2,3) – {O}{P ART}
23 - An Arabian state, perhaps, could make me flipping angry! (7) – {EM<-}{IRATE}
24 - Cancels Pasteur broadcast (5,2) – TEARS UP*
25 - Confess offence in front of gendarme, initially (4) – {SIN}{G}
26 - Put money back in, control already acquired (10) – {REIN}{VESTED}
DOWN
1 - Who killed Cock Robin using extremely sharp weapon? (7) – {S}{P}ARROW
2 - Racecourse out of step, so modernising (5) – EPSOM [T]
3 - Calamity Jane’s in town (no firearms fired?) (14) – FRONTIERSWOMAN*
4 - Lucky find in middle of boggy, sodden ground (7) – {G}ODSEND*
5 - Chaos? Some involving bridge (7) – AN{ARCH}Y
7 - Turtles, partners swimming round island (9) – TERRAP{I}NS
8 - Short answer appearing in forceful political publication (7) – H{ANS}ARD
9 - What a dark bar may contain? (5,9) – PLAIN CHOCOLATE [CD]
15 - Savage in a Conrad novel (9) – DRACONIAN*
16 - Wife stands, seeing vermin (7) – {W}EASELS
17 - Disgusting old boy linked with ugly incident (7) – {OB}SCENE
18 - Peculiar story about Herts town (7) – {ROYST*}ON
19 - Famous father’s come in for a jotter (7) – NOTE{PA}D
22 - Girl turned up for a valuable thing (5) – ASSET<-