The Hindu Crossword No. 2359

Across

 1 Come by one fool pinching that girl (7)
 5 Separate if seen in the street (4)
 8 Sergeant Major drinking beer in Massachusetts (5)
 9 Sue, Penny and Rose, attractive (9)
11 Bombs, in more ways than one (4,2,3)
12 Film star in element spurning female (5)
13 Fit, capable of getting a good golf handicap (2,2,7)
15 Pilots cheer wildly in flying machines (11)
20 Italian chap with nameless girl (5)
21 Taking in for treatment on arrival (9)
23 A mixture of drugs in team sport (9)
24 An escapade, cloak and dagger at the end (5)
25 Male found wanting in ethical examination (4)
26 Demolish dilapidated store in outskirts of Derby (7)

Down

 1 In America, upset lieutenant with offensive remark (6)
 2 Wait a moment and stable lads may (4,4,6)
 3 Drink drop of brandy before a dance (5)
 4 Excellent fellows in hats (7)
 5 Heavy drinker, right free-loader (7)
 6 First of faxes with reference to Cape port (9)
 7 Helps her putt in tight game (4,3,7)
10 Frightfully near to pocket (4)
14 Hard task master splitting yarn, latest from supplier (4,5)
16 Dog with what it wags cut short (7)
17 Drunk in a muddle before end of round (7)
18 British novelist with French friends (4)
19 Go green at sea on top of yard arm (6)
22 Agreements can result from Parliament's first statutes (5)

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