Cryptic Crossword 1-16

Theme: Children's outdoor games

Across

1 Comity, city (town), accepting (container), OM (award), peace (def)

4 Osmium, element (def), I (Iodine), found in (insertion), OS (old style), mum (beer)

8 Payroll, pay (retain), roll (cruise), manifest (def)

9 Failure, Fa (note), I (a), lure (temptation), defeat (def)

11 Cellophane, scotch tape (def), broken (anagram of) a + cell phone (mobile)

12 Goon, DD as in punk and do (go on)

13 Paseo, hike (def), withheld (hidden), in turn (reversal), rest is fodder

14 Toodle-oo, goodbye (def), o (love), heading off (delete first letter of) to, resort (anagram of) o + o + Toledo

16 Prurient, lecherous (def), leaders of (1st letters of) “Russia, Ukraine, Europe”, trashed (anagram of) print + R + U + E

18 Torso, trunk (def), from (hidden), rest is fodder

20 Scab, lowlife (def), S (south), C (Sea), AB (sailor)

21 Traffic cop, acrobatic (anagram of) FI (F1), RAF (fliers), over (juxtaposition), CC (seas), in (insertion), top (greatest), children's outdoor game (def)

23 Jugular, jug (nick as in prison), oddly (odd letters in) "ugly afro", back (def as in vulnerable point)

24 Caliper, quantify (def), LI (51), in (insertion), caper (practical joke)

25 Eldest, firstborn (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder

26 Fettle, bad (anagram of) feel, about (container), TT (teetotaller), condition (def).

Down

1 Crane, DD

2 Marbles, MS (paper), over (container), able (can), containing (container), primary (1st letter in) rules, children's outdoor game (def)

3 Telephone, sadly (anagram of) O (no) + teen + help, children's outdoor game (def)

5 Slate, latest in (last letters of) "vaccines nasal Corona shot choice", list (def)

6 Illegal, ill (bad), gal (girl), consuming (container), E (ecstasy), nasty (def)

7 Marco polo, version (anagram of) O (Ohio) + color + map, children's outdoor game (def)

10 Last straw, tortured (anagram of) stalwart's, breaking point (def)

13 Parachute, par (standard), hut (hooch), introduced by (insertion in), a (a), CE (church), children's outdoor game (def)

15 Out-of-date, fossilized (def), implicit meta, fat doe (target), one way to get "fat doe" is via anagram (out) of "of date"

17 Rebound, bounce (def), re (over), bound (edge)

19 Receipt, TR (transaction), without (container), piece (number), rejected (reversal), ledger (def)

21 Traps, catches (def), R (king), wearing (insertion), taps (pumps)

22 Obese, round (def), heart of (middle letters in) sober + user.