No 2547, Sunday, 23 Aug 09

ACROSS
1 - Start of melodious song, one from West Side Story (5) – {M}{ARIA}
4 - What could make row? Estate car, maybe (3-6) – TWO SEATER*
9 - Order soldiers to board plane abroad, heading for terrible place housing convicts (5,10) – PENAL* {SETTLE}{MEN}{T}
10 - An unwise act giving cheek about king (10) – IMP{R}UDENCE
11 - Small pale bird (4) – {S}WAN
13 - Soldiers diving into English river in flood (7) – T{OR}RENT
15 - Some poplin in gaberdine for padding (6) – LINING [T]
17 - Paint firm to left of us (6) – {CO}{L}{OUR}
18 - Manage to survive in US city, on beer? (4,3) – {LA}{ST OUT}
20 - Primate's cross and crown (4) – {APE}{X}
21 - Very loud American I've accommodated in Ely, lavishly (10) – E{FF}{US}{IVE}LY
24 - A starter, perhaps - phone cousin for mixture around noon (6,5,4) – FRENCH O{N}ION SOUP*
25 - Robot making car chap's getting round to (9) – {AUTO}{MA{TO}N}
26 - Lived with flipping obscene transvestite initially (5) – {DWEL<-}{T}
DOWN
1 - This poem unsettled the devil (8) – MEPHISTO*
2 - Approach ladder ahead (3-2) – RUN UP [CD]
3/4 - No cowboy films in the pipeline? Here's one about war (3,5,2,3,7,5) – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [CD]
5 - One can't really see it being a trick (7,8) – OPTICAL ILLUSION [CD]
6 - PM from East End, surprisingly (4) – EDEN*
7 - Martial art dan we took out (3,4,2) – TAE KWON DO*
8 - This helps one to see girl after note's written (6) – {RE}{TINA}
12 - Not appointed, girl's cross with editor (10) – {UNAS}{SIGN}{ED}
14 - Resolve to put out US president (9) – ROOSEVELT*
16 - Remains with Scottish banker on board express (5,3) – {S{TAY}S} PUT
19 - Fibre shown in service by one based in Florida (6) – {RAF}{F{I}A}
22 - Run away with girl after writer is ditched (5) – (-pen){ELOPE}
23 - Caught in South Africa with millions from dishonest scheme (4) – {S{C}A}{M}