CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 They turn up orating – flashy

Uber customers? (11)

7 Fool’s hoarding high-explosive

gear (7)

8 Vocally cool one from Cats –

Lloyd Webber’s work? (7) 10 Young son and cook going round

arcade (5,3)

11 Singer that’s rejected

Christmas – gripping news! (6) 13 Was the creator of cheese from

the East? (4)

14 My lead-free scooter managed

around 150 – fast vehicle (10) 16 Pitch tent while taking in river

and towers (10)

18 Tramp makes dogs etc recoil (4) 21 After eating duck, diner’s fancy

decreased? (6)

22 Cool shade keeps chap cold

inside (8)

24 Personal account that gets carved up when one’s dead? (7)

25 Piggott on nag, evidently

concealing weight (7) 26 Big wave – something in the sea that is ridden precariously? (6,5)

DOWN

1 Spotted cat with snapping

canines (7)

2 University philosophy student

inclined to be hard going (6) 3 Theatrical cast sit in choir (10) 4 More than one mischief-maker

is ringing politician (4) 5 Adjacent parts of steeple vane

scenically fade (8)

6 Like a devil or a saint gone

astray, getting caught (7) 7 One gets ready to come out on

the street? (4,7)

9 Soldier authorised to raise gun

offers top covering fire (11) 12 Short-term policies involving

sheet music? (5,5) 15 Disreputable dance action

Americans like to watch (8) 17 Peter out in Ilkley, maybe more

miserable (7)

19 Bear consuming almost every

bun? (7)

20 New Age gathering united in

country (6)

23 Note about that fellow you

employed in the past (4)