The Hindu Crossword No. 2370

Across

 1 Drunkard's hugging fellow that is a sentimental sort (6)
 5 Minor insult (6)
 8 Eton great nearly flummoxed a senior legal adviser (8,7)
10 Cars for the upwardly mobile? (8)
12 A nuisance, minister dropping religious instruction (4)
15 Thump US poet (5)
16 Offended? Swell reportedly got put inside (6,3)
17 Vicar's upset about girl? The other way round (4,5)
18 Estimates local authority charges (5)
19 Opera character loses head in wild gathering (4)
20 Fish lake for slips, maybe (8) 
23 Man/male is mating - that can be a product of this (6,9)
25 Girl collects information for programme (6)
26 Type of drawing done by English lake (6)

Down

 2 Chose from top ten (3)
 3 Tracy Lord completely heartless? True Love stirred this loving person (10)
 4 Simple feature on a railway (10)
 5 Long story in monthly magazine (4)
 6 Traditionalists' island (4)
 7 Vet, husky by the sound of it, needs pills (5,6)
 8 One article turned up about a Russian physiologist and dancer (4,7)
 9 Escapes before eleven to relieve pent-up feelings (3,3,5)
11 Descriptive of a congregation in Lancs town - moving? (11)
13 Parting is upsetting (8,2)
14 Go back, get errors sorted out with son (10)
21 Inn with new stable (4)
22 Girl from Salem, Massachusetts (4)
24 Kill for diamonds (3)

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