Cryptic across
8 Pigment from iron, for instance, found covering chain (5)
9 Galatian town religious figure one’s sounding hesitant to meet (7)
10 Spiderwoman gets English composer penning for a church (7)
11 Follow, as a tip, to part of west London (5)
12 In Genesis, he’s to number animals initially arriving by the hour (4)
13 Tabernacle he designed out of misplaced zeal, consumed by a Babylonian god (7)
17 He wrote comedies with me about Loire resort (7)
19 No more than a pond? (4)
22 Nearly seize Nathan’s dad (5)
24 Point to old line being brought in during the month for madeira (7)
25 Tack 180 degrees after a short time in classical Italian islands (7)
26 Currency, one going west and taking one with it! (5)
