No 10512, Wednesday 11 Jul 12, Neyartha

On a trip to the 'Wild West' today with some family and figures.

ACROSS

1   - Immobile targets? (7,5) - SITTING DUCKS [E]

8   - Showcase with an odd purse and portrait (7) - PREVIEW {PuRsE}{VIEW}

9   - Part of a guitar Roy obtained in the gully (6) - ARROYO [T]

11 - Engine valve made with a first class keratin compound (3-6) - AIR-INTAKE {A1+KERATIN}*

12 - Spoon’s length measure rounded in seized notice (5) - LADLE {L}{AD}{LE<-}

14 - Sari’s blot upset the cattle drive in-charge (5,4) - TRAIL BOSS*

16 - Family on the border (4) - LINE [DD]

18 - Pirate, one getting rid of a crustacean (4) - CRIB CR(-a+i)IB

19 - Reportedly scan the Scottish island with the alien for goatfish (3,6) - RED MULLET (~read){RED} {MULL}{ET}

21- Paddock requiring a new goat expert initially (5) - RANGE {R}{A}{N}{G}{E}

22 - Cook fooled into covering the reversed label on the sluice valve (9) - FLOODGATE {FLOOD{GAT<-}E*}

23 - Family’s zoo is 66 per cent complete (6) - MENAGE MENAGErie

25 - Needs the painting inside the retreat building (7) - DEARTHS {DE{ART}HS<-}

26 - This may get rid of charges in the cloud (12) - THUNDERSTORM [CD]

DOWN

2   - Island race consuming spoilt brie has an addiction to alcohol (11) - INEBRIATION {I}{N{BRIE*}ATION}

3   - Setting integral to an awkward romantic situation (8) - TRIANGLE*

4   - Shift in a British party’s image made unworkable after Kelvin’s departure (3,6) - NEW LABOUR UNWORkABLE*

5   - Arrange for the daughter to take out the good fruit (5) - DRAPE (-g+d)DRAPE

6   - Criminal struck off by clerical mistake from the ring (6) - CIRCLE CLERICal*

7   - Spot the secret agent (3) - SPY [DD]

8   - Rewrote first act (after scratching the head) following mountain climb in a three-dimensional craft (7,3) - PLASTIC ART {PLA<-}{fIRST+ACT}*

10 - Allows the French to take shelter, despite being hard-hearted (10) - RELENTLESS {RE{LE}NT}{LESS} Not sure of Anno (Addendum - {RELENT{LES}S} - See comments)

13 - Right to manufacture treadmills outside may have you going around in circles (5,6) - DRILL MASTER {T{R}READMILLS*}

15 - Complained aloud about the arrangement of the entremets (4,5) - SIDE ORDER (~sighed){SIDE} {ORDER}

17 - 6 Dn’s 25 per cent provides for an instrument to measure altitude (8) - QUADRANT [CD] 

20 - Clue seen before? (4,2) - DEJA VU [CD]

22 - Letters from Steffi endorsing the brute (5) - FIEND [T]

24 - Gulp down the beverage after the temperature goes down (3) - EAT (-t)EA(+t)T

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