No 2777, Sunday 09 Feb 2014

ACROSS
1   Dynamo in our wee shop malfunctioned (10) POWERHOUSE*
6   Luxurious hotel cut credit (4) PLUS PLUSh
10 Book finally abridged (5) ATLAS {AT LASt}
11 Moved abroad, head of group settled in Abu Dhabi with daughter? (9) EMIGRATED {EMI{G}RATE}{D}
12 Run out of ideas, so planned tea dance doomed? (4,2,1,4,3) COME TO A DEAD END*
14 Is a poet on drugs? (7) OPIATES*
15 Good, boy's looks (7) GLANCES {G}{LANCE'S}
17 Lab gear inappropriate for this school subject (7) ALGEBRA*
19 Back where witch lived, she with no heart (7) ENDORSE {ENDOR}{ShE}
20 Girl needs chopped apple to make a dessert (9,5) CHARLOTTE RUSSE {CHARLOTTE} {RUSSEt}
23 Well-organised firm - join (5-4) TIGHT-KNIT {TIGHT}-{KNIT}
24 One worn by sailor, a headdress (5) TIARA {T{1}AR}{A}
25 Take off before ten for summit (4) APEX {APE}{X}
26 Our Greek primate on board pretended disdain (4,6) SOUR GRAPES {S{OUR} {GR}{APE}S}

DOWN
1   Page on amateur stage production (4) PLAY {P}{LAY}
2   Wife saying yes, rolling about in mud (9) WALLOWING {W}{ALLOWING}
3   Admire skill and integrity (14) RESPECTABILITY {RESPECT}{ABILITY}
4   Single over American finds difficult (7) ONEROUS {ONER}{O}{US}
5   Language used within confines of stag party (7) SHINDIG {St{HINDI}aG}
7   Large Italian male, supple (5) LITHE {L}{IT}{HE}
8   Extra portions of food team ruins (4,6) SIDE DISHES {SIDE} {DISHES}
9   Ordinary study in B & B, say (5-3-6) BREAD-AND-BUTTER {B{READ} {AND} B}{UTTER}
13 Vacation so relaxing in Canadian province (4,6) NOVA SCOTIA*
16 I may not give you a fair deal (9) CARDSHARP [CD]
18 Against carrying on, old merchant of Venice (7) ANTONIO {ANT{ON}I}{O}
19 One may make one cross, one picking team without leader (7) ELECTOR sELECTOR
21 A wild urge to contradict (5) ARGUE {A}{URGE*}
22 Prince and son depicted by portrait painter (4) HALS {HAL}{S}