Cryptic Crossword 1-26

Theme: Global warming

Across Clues:

1. Woods is French pro first? (6)

Forest, woods (def), Est (is in French), for (pro), first (positionally first)

1. Drive on the thoroughfare is a pain (6)

Stitch, itch (drive), on (positionally after), St (thoroughfare), pain (def)

5. Carol bringing in Bob for plinking (7)

Sniping, sing (carol), bringing in (container), nip (bob), plinking (def)

6. Marina decamps regularly during class (7)

Seaport, marina (def), EAP (decamps regularly i.e., alternate letters in), during (insertion), sort (class)

11. VIP with various mysterious mammals perhaps? (10)

Viviparous, mysterious (anagram of) VIP + various, mammals perhaps (def)

12. Dive in ghetto without a brawl? (4)

Skid, dive (def), skid row (ghetto), without (deletion of) row (brawl)

13. Drown in strong undertow at Erie lake (5)

Water, drown (def), in (hidden), rest is fodder

14. Casper with light at the edges can be ghostly (8)

Spectral, can be (anagram of) Casper + LT (light at the edges i.e., 1^st and last letters), ghostly (def)

16. Cries for small measure for instance with abnormal size? (8)

Elegizes, cries for (def), EL (small measure), e.g. (for instance), abnormal (anagram of) size

18. Season of ice and not snow (5)

Inure, season (def), insure (ice), not (deletion of) S (snow)

20. Foul prisoners at times can be so ill tempered (4)

Soil, foul (def), prisoners (hidden), rest is fodder

21. Unrestrained attack on love, by author Steel (4,6)

Open season, unrestrained attack (def), O (love), by (juxtaposition), pen (author), season (steel)

23. Vocal expression of Jones after missing promotion? (7)

Diction, vocal expression (def), addiction (jones), missing (deletion of) Ad (promotion)

24. Go-go matriarch? (7)

Dowager, do (go), wager (go), matriarch (def)

25. Sniper smuggling gun, nervously approaching the customs checkpoint (6)

Gunner, sniper (def), smuggling (hidden), rest is fodder

26. Adult attracted to hard behind? (6)

Astern, A (adult), attracted to (juxtaposition), stern (hard), behind (def)

Down Clues:

1. Bankroll a Christian fundamentalist (5)

Fundi, fund (bankroll), I (a), Christian fundamentalist (def)

2. Serialize religious education with impression (7)

Reprint, serialize (def), RE (religious education), print (impression)

3. Czar’s aunt constructed this Californian city? (5,4)

Santa Cruz, constructed (anagram of) Czar’s aunt, Californian city (def)

2. River absorbing rain contributes to one (5)

Trees, Tees (river), absorbing (container), r (rain), contributes to 1 (one) which is forest (def)

6. Orders alien to arrange text and images before printing (7)

Typeset, types (orders), ET (alien), rest is def

7. Famous New Orleans libation Katrina for example (9)

Hurricane, DD as in famous N.O. drink and hurricane Katrina

10. Enjoyed following Sunday school with Edward (9)

Possessed, enjoyed (def), posse (following), SS (Sunday school), Ed (Edward)

13. Cordial partnership with labour on tap (9)

Welcoming, cordial (def), WE (partnership as in the game of Bridge), L (Labour), coming (on tap)

15. Effluences from low grade businesses (9)

Emissions, effluences (def), E (low grade), missions (businesses)

17. One on jelly can become highly explosive (7)

Gelatin, a (one), on (positionally after), gel (jelly), tin (can), highly explosive (def)

19. Turning pale inside? You are clueless!! (7)

Unaware, turning (reversal of) wan (pale), inside (insertion), u (you), are (are), clueless (def)

21. Ohio region concentrated in stratosphere? (5)

Ozone, O (Ohio), zone (region), rest is def

22. Canoe at sea appropriately (5)

Ocean, at sea (anagram of) canoe, the whole clue is also the def.