Puzzles January 2026

Across

• 7 A town in East Yorkshire's singing sisters? (8)
• 9 Surrender metal box with vase in it (4,2)
• 10 Appendage covered by abhorrent ailment (4)
• 11 Egomaniac insists car is scrapped (10)
• 12 Central man stands in for woman on violin (6)
• 14 Pilot to transit sick Gloria across Iranian borders (8)
• 15 Bird's stuffing is of utmost richness (7)
• 17 African national additionally invested in a gun deal (7)
• 20 Last halt coming around, so we're finished! (5,3)
• 22 Vocal pitch of Temptations' frontman covering Rebel Rebel? (6)
• 23 Very long atria getting damaged in heart, perhaps (5,5)
• 24 Heavy metal star (4)
• 25 "Damn!" all the finalists deliberately interrupt (6)
• 26 Inclination is to bring diverse outsiders in for a period of occupation (8)

Down

• 1 Ice cream's dished out without extra topping in earthenware, perhaps (8)
• 2 Buddy gets close to the ring (4)
• 3 Look for nomadic clan within the borders of Greece (6)
• 4 Beautiful action (8)
• 5 Foresight coming from ex-VP holding in distressed cries (10)
• 6 Foggy confusion of hypothermia's making (6)
• 8 Concern rises about a herb (6)
• 13 Grime music coming from motor sport courses? (4,6)
• 16 Went wild for shellfish! Love, Scarlet (8)
• 18 Everything I can supply initially excited the Liberals along with the SDP (8)
• 19 Taking to the air loudly with illumination (6)
• 21 Welcomed heat to start with, then got ill (6)
• 22 Finding the right note coming up in campaign in utterances (6)
• 24 Mysterious isle is located (4)