The Hindu Crossword No. 2383

Across

 1 Swell, after a spell, fell asleep (3,3)
 4 Fellow, uneasy in company, an object of ridicule (7)
 8 Taverner batting with northern cricketer behind the stumps (9)
10 Type of cooker, fashionable once more (5)
11 Fish favoured by a Hell's Angel? (13)
12 Caught four at sea leaving Ionian island (5)
14 Stall sets out to supply what helps to flavour food? (3,6)
17 A scrap merchant may let you have one free item (5,4)
18 Irish policeman in Italian lake (5)
19 Bistro sends up odd Chinese starter (5,4,4)
23 Noble standing out (5)
24 Old Moore's passion got royals worried (9)
25 Returns, thanks to Cambridge college (7)
26 Member with object, a key (6)

Down

 1 Traffic jams in squares round Strand? (9)
 2 Girl's taking it from Oberon's wife (5)
 3 Lavish jet set around posh type of pub (4,5)
 4 Former fashion centre one enters by arts centre, possibly (7,6)
 5 Eccentric in row, supporting Conservative (5)
 6 Begin again being rotten to Travers (5,4)
 7 Pull ox round end of barn (4)
 9 Quarrel and separate over money and old clothes (4,5,4)
13 An obstruction to traffic, mangled back door across entrance to lane (9)
15 Around one, she got me dancing a reel (9)
16 Heads off with prey, like an owl? (5-4)
20 Gaseous element causes busy activity amongst sailors (5)
21 What's present in oxygen belt? (5)
22 Detect a pimple (4)

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