THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[spchennai]

Across
1,18 Good Friday, Palm Sunday or 20’s creation (1,8,5)
6 Progenitor or 20 called so affectionately (4) POPS
8 Running amok around campsite to ensure that it happens (4,2,2) MAKE IT SO
9 Crawler, wingless, fears twigs (6)
10 Southern lassies going gaga over 20’s work (3,3,4,5) THE SON ALSO RISES
11 Accolade 20 received tucked away in kimono belt (5) NOBEL
13 Settles a score, being secure, special, steady (4,4) GETS EVEN
15 Brashest, most reckless military officers (3,5) THE BRASS
18 See 1
20 Brash belletrist belts out 9 teen hymns (6,9)
23 Miami baseball team mascot makes an appearance in AT & T Stadium, Arlington (6) MARLIN
24 Shell dweller likely to end up as hors d’oeuvre (8) ESCALLOP
25 Lizards eat flies, termites and spider heads (4) EFTS
26 Cricket commentator’s difficult, trying ego (4,5) TONY GREIG
Down
1 Cause embarrassment for a party (5)ABASH
2 Soused stevedore removed shirt and finally became direct (7)
3 Taken in by British college, reportedly (5)EATEN
4 Black-market loot mysteriously discovered in Panhandle (7)BOOTLEG
5 Peeper almost took the tailless canine (3,5)EYE TOOTH
6 I cut back on non-kosher edibles primarily, like pig (7)
7 Lacking direction without a ruler? Very amusing! (9) PRICELESS
12 One’s spouse might be dangerous for health (5,4)OTHER HALF
14 Percussion instrument or How to Catch a 23? (8) CASTANET
16 Many an insect scurries around (7) BEETLES
17 Shady bar where the woman got beer, mostly at noon (7) SHEBEEN
19 Furiously enraged and ready for attack (2,5)
21 Unidentified gnomic man vanishes mysteriously (5)
22 In the company of a large number of new generation leaders (5) AMONG