No 2722, Sunday 20 Jan 13

ACROSS
1   Cheerful bishop's flexible (6) BLITHE {B}{LITHE}
4   Get down to nudism, astonishingly (8) DISMOUNT*
9   Liqueur price list outrageous - expensive, ultimately, for one (6,3) TRIPLE SEC {PRICE LIST(-i+e)}*

11 English textile town, to the west a university (5) KEELE {KEEL<=}{E}
12 Against carrying on, old Italian chap (7) ANTONIO {ANT{ON}I}{O}
13 Recall one hundred odd swallowing drop of special medicine? (7) NOSTRUM {NO{S}T}{RUM}
14 E.g. neck ends? (5,6) CLOSE FINISH [CD]
16 Exactly how rent is paid? (2,3,6) TO THE LETTER [DD]
20 Note journalists keep back (7) REPRESS {RE}{PRESS}
21 A group working in desert (7) ABANDON {A}{BAND}{ON}
23 Model, keeping one's balance (5) POISE {PO{1}SE}
24 Dissolute peer loves to get up late? (9) OVERSLEEP*
25 A boozy bender touring eastern city up north (8) ABERDEEN {A}{BERD{E}EN*}
26 Gambler in cap (6) BETTER [DD]

DOWN
1   Comic strip character, a valet (6) BATMAN [DD]
2   Stupid, one point put about one in charge (7) IDIOTIC {1}{D{1}OT}{IC}
3   Girl's broken heel close to pavilion (5) HELEN {HEEL*}{N}
5   Behind bars having committed swindle - judge intolerant (13) INCONSIDERATE {IN{CON}SIDE}{RATE}
6   Rough and ready model needing dress (9) MAKESHIFT {MAKE}{SHIFT}
7   Excavate part of chateau near there (7) UNEARTH [T]
8   Louise's partner playing Hamlet (6) THELMA*
10 Area in which pollution is controlled, not good for the kipper house? (9,4) SMOKELESS ZONE [CD]
15 Recovering, continuously ingesting them (2,3,4) ON THE MEND {ON {THE M}END}
16 Leader in Premiership, a cut above the others? (7) TOPSIDE  [DD]
17 Flush? Reportedly posted a trivial amount of money (3,4) RED CENT {RED} {CENT}(~sent)
18 Doctor's entertaining chat over a brandy (6) GRAPPA {G{RAP}P}{A}
19 Even row about card game (2,1,3) ON A PAR {O{N A P}AR}
22 Some Beaujolais left in passageway (5) AISLE [T]

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