| Across 8. The ____ , a range of rolling hills straddling the England-Scotland border (8) 9. Inflict harm in return for (6) 10. Feeding on dead or decaying animal matter (12) 11. Secret way of writing (6) 12. Preoccupied with oneself (8) 14. Sum charged as a premium or percentage for the exchange of one currency into another (4) 15. Fine chips or filings of metal, stone etc. produced by the action of machine tools (5) 17. Andre _, French author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 (4) 19. A city in N France, on the Aisne River: has Roman remains and an 11th-century abbey (8) 23. Inflict harm in return for (6) 24. German theologian and religious reformer who initiated the Protestant Reformation (6,6) 25. Sneaks (6) 26. Murderer (8) | Down 1. 'A thing worth having is a thing worth _ for' - WC Fields (8) 2. Goes beyond (10) 3. Link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea (8) 4. Get away (6) 5. _ Blahnik, Spanish fashion designer noted for high-end women's footwear (6) 6. Lairs (4) 7. South American rodent related to the guinea pig (6) 13. Hint or indication (10) 16. German miss (8) 18. Comic verse, usually irregular in measure (8) 20. __ acid, an organic compound found in leafy greens, vegetables, nuts and seeds (6) 21. Forceful forward flow or surge (6) 22. Eponymous bush kangaroo in an Australian TV show (6) 24. Thaw (4) |