SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Biologist an amendment to requirements (11)

9 Commander to be right

for a month (7)

10 Bert, say, unfortunately

breaks faith (7)

11 Stacks of buildings

containing goods (9)

12 Pancake a little

mediocre, perhaps (5)

13 Quickly rise with painful noise (4)

14 An honour for speech at

end of last month (10)

16 Drink maybe one more round at power base (6,4)

19 Yield germ, we hear (4)

21 Each year, Rose loses nothing – analyse that (5)

22 Obtain punter to improve in health (3,6)

24 Bewitching stare from

no good-looker? (4,3)

25 Puzzled

unprofitably (2,1,4)

26 Steepest try out for

print-room workers (11)

DOWN

1 Seriously ill, nettlerash doing the damage (2,3,6,4)

2 Badge left on the third

man (5)

3 Band leader in carport

finds trash (7)

4 Hot stuff black as wrapped in Mexican tortilla (7)

5 Turning to panic, I get

health professional (8)

6 Seeing dictators overthrown left, right and centre! (5,10)

7 Perches up in nest, so organised (6)

8 A rigid back (6)

15 Overwhelmed by

demand in tower (4-4)

16 Catches sight of

Eastern agents (6)

17 Right way out is to go back (7)

18 Pariah is striking actors (7)

20 Serge’s flamboyant exit (6)

23 Rub out some howler,

as erroneous (5)