The Sunday Crossword No 2957, Sunday 20 Aug 2017

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ACROSS
1   Game reserve captured by writer, opening out (8) CRIBBAGE {sCRIB{BAG}E}
5   Dispute bringing strikes about (4) SPAR<=
10 Child led by mother to become builder (5) MASON {MA}{SON}
11 Inherited bric-a-brac finally in a home artist left (9) ANCESTRAL {A}{N{b...aC}EST}{RA}{L}
12 Warning about bone I name wrongly in humorous story (5,3,2,1,4) THREE MEN IN A BOAT {BONE+I+NAME}* in {THREAT}
13 Took off from Maine, going west, having wandered around (7) REMOVED {R{ME<=}OVED}
15 Petty details in dogma I virtually reversed (6) TRIVIA [T<=]
17 One fishing in lake consumed by exasperation (6) ANGLER {ANG{L}ER}
19 Element of false humility not unknown (7) LITHIUM HUMILITy*
21 Actually in bad form, fat cat at sea (2,1,6,2,4) AS A MATTER OF FACT*
23 Arise and make speech about island spirit (9) ORIGINATE {OR{I}{GIN}ATE}
24 Flower ending in display behind platform (5) DAISY {DAIS}{d...aY}

25 Speaker's way of walking, making entrance (4) GATE (~gait)
26 Can old favourites, coming back, hurry up? (4,2,2) STEP ON IT {TI N}{O} {PETS}<=

DOWN
1   Burial ground encountered between church and eastern railway (8) CEMETERY {CE}{MET}{E}{RY}
2   Play recruit, receiving thanks led by popular player (15) INSTRUMENTALIST {IN}{STRUM}{EN{TA}LIST}
3   Begin disorderly spree (5) BINGE*
4   State of India with leader in authority (2-5) GO-AHEAD {GOA}{HEAD}
6   Embodiment of spirit once in a broadcast (15) PERSONIFICATION*
7   Connect with engineers behind schedule (6) RELATE {RE}{LATE}
8   Text about split accepted by saint (6) SCRIPT {S{C}{RIP}T}
9   Writer with influence in fight, not right (8) ESSAYIST {rES{SAY}IST}
14 Explosive in large container carried by express, mostly (8) VOLCANIC {L}{CAN} in {VOICe}
16 Satisfied with hotel in fantastic stay? It's a gem (8) AMETHYST {MET}{H} in {STAY*}

18 Trade union in retreat overturned custom (6) RITUAL {RI{TU}AL<=}
19 Greatest finish from scorer, for example, coming up in final (7) LARGEST {LA{s...eR}{EG<=}ST}
20 Excerpt from Caesar on Gallic garment (6) SARONG [T]

22 Agent, out of bed, tired (3,2) FED UP {FED} {UP}

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