Across
1 Briton most caricatured? Ted Heath, perhaps (10)
6 Triple acrostic’s appeal (4)
9 Polish ring for opera singer (5)
10 Plots against king described by secret agents (9)
12 A rest cut short (7)
13 Alison naughtily seducing one contact (7)
14 Discovery holiday’s over (12)
18 Faces sanctions (12)
21 Distraught parent embracing wife in port (7)
22 Total of wages paid in Scottish town collated by head (7)
23 From tub, sailors will supply a scented preparation (4,5)
24 Derelict male into gin (5)
25 Flat race, perhaps, not quite finished (4)
26 Pedlars lie about a sandal (10)
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Down
1 Boy in boat is ill (6)
2 Eager, individual protecting tree (2,4)
3 Ruby worries about Rex in play (5,8)
4 Hot in pleasant corner (5)
5 Wearing vest, a person not in a long-term relationship? (9)
7 Make mischief, given encouragement in plant (8)
8 A bishop’s vice, the drink (8)
11 Plain secretive type produces a hangover cure? (7,6)
15 Short answer involving Italian city and one in the US (9)
16 Scratch game (8)
17 Crafty to include it in caption (8)
19 Extra drama before dance (2-4)
20 Pass English, then blunder (6)
22 After a dish that’s Italian (5)
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