Alfie Special Crossword no.6

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SCRAP METAL

Half the clues refer to words before and after an italicised metal has been removed; numbers indicate the length before and after removal. Remaining clues are normal.

Example:
Aluminium: Esteem what the French have seen. (5,3) — V(AL)UE

ACROSS

..1... Scorer gets to cheat in the Home Counties. (6)
..4... Article on accountant spies Robinia. (6)
..9... Iron: Dining hall in governor's house. (9,7)
10... Molybdenum: Pungent gas membranes. (7,5)
11... Indium: Like a hedgehog ran. (6,4)
12... Miscellaneous article — not even chess pieces to model! (7)
13... Measure of spirit shown by Early English band construction. (11)
18... Undistinguished or nasal disturbance. 4-3)
19... Vanadium: Plunged and departed. (5,4)
22... Tungsten: The heaviness of rowers. (6,5)
24... Titanium: Promote something hurtful. (9,7)
25... Saw Chinese principle in sink. (6)
26... Indium: Instrument for wine. (8,6)

DOWN

..1... Copper: Safe and dry. (6,4)
..2... Repeat over harnessed horse. (5)
..3... Worried bowler, rid of device for hair-styling. (4-5)
..5... Osmium: Confusion with tea. (5,3)
..6... Trick to repair garbled sentence. (7)
..7... Roucou dye from American tree. (6)
..8... Natal theory about Austrian headgear. (8,3)
11... Potassium: Drink envelope. (4,3)
13... Reckless avid elder mistaken. (4-5)
15... Sense of smell by carefree Posy. (7)
16... Sodium: Eggs maybe producing Pan maybe. (5,3)
17... Lithium: Compasses frolics! (7,5)
20... Sin, alternative to a mistake. (5)
21... Calcium: Disclaim split. (6,4)
23... Potassium: Container in brown. (4,3)

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