Cryptic crossword

Saturday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 By the way it is melodious (10,5)

9 Yarn that has been embroidered (4,5)

10 Brittle part of a snack (5)

11 I'm held back by city girl (5)

12 Learning rugby version outside (9)

13 Mean with a girl (5)

15 Scepticism left with weird feeling (9)

17 Herb's untamed variety with your old mildew developing on the outside

(4,5)

19 Portion of ice-cream for all (5)

21 Ebbtide? (9)

23 Replanted part more settled (5)

24 Old church I left for the hills (5)

25 Not able to speak having discovered a maze in a word (9)

26 Fail school subject but be remembered (2,4,2,7)

DOWN

1 We think no differently having been told (2,3,4)

2 Miner's dog started running (7)

3 Dirty untidy study (5)

4 Shortly turning up on eastern loop (5)

5 Stet, it'samilitary order (2,3,4)

6 Manual worker found a feature in the fog (9)

7 Self-sacrifice (7)

8 Bird wearing a hat (5)

14 Reg with low-fat concoction having residual radiance (9)

15 Conifer from town near Preston before eleven (9)

16 Part of Christian calendar after all at beginning of November (6,3)

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18 Chief getting in past due time at start of day found it locked (7)

20 Duets to be performed in movable shelter (7)

21 Unsuitable having grown wild (5)

22 Only half speed for pure water (5)

23 From Burundi endless fuss coming from William (5)

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