Crossword: win £550
Both sets of clues lead to the same answer, revealing in the shaded squares a new movie starring Dwayne Johnson (7).
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 7 Portable rain shield (8) 9 Not very often (6) 10 Walk in a lame way (4) 11 Acknowledged as known (10) 12 Instruct (5) 14 Dish, bowl (5) 15 Chef (4) 16 Male monarch (4) 17 Engine, or car (5) 18 Cutting tool (5) 23 Inverted, wrong way up (6,4) 24 Put by for a rainy day (4) 25 Place within something else (6) 26 Calm (8)
DOWN 1 Countries under one monarch (6) 2 Short journey (4) 3 Office worker (5) 4 Adult form of tadpoles (5) 5 Watering of fields, etc. (10) 6 Slumbering (8) 8 Entrance with a curved topping (4) 13 Aquatic reptiles with teeth (10) 15 Hacking, using an axe (8) 19 Kind deed (6) 20 Chairs, etc. (5) 21 Washing medium (4) 22 Tell on, give away (5) 24 Appear, look like (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 7 Protective device of all umber construction (8) 9 Royal Artillery bank? Seldom? (6) 10 Progress awkwardly making a somewhat casual impression (4) 11 It’s known to be accepted (10) 12 Show how to cheat badly (5) 14 Graduates at home with a vessel (5) 15 Small firm with reasonable work in the kitchen (4) 16 Top man from New York in garden centre? (4) 17 Leaders of men or top operators require drive (5) 18 Return of chef in kitchen hiding a sharp tool (5) 23 Leading team depressed yet head over heels? (6, 4) 24 Rescue except to put aside (4) 25 Picture in a picture is put in the picture (6) 26 Feel a cup is out of order though lacking aggression (8)
DOWN 1 Expert initially supporting prime movement in several countries (6) 2 Not all strippers give one cause to stumble (6) 3 A chronicler keen to find a person at a desk inside (5) 4 Jumpers with bayonet sheaths (5) 5 Trio airing composition with application of water (10) 6 Single PE manoeuvre needed when comatose? (8) 8 Anarchists conceal this grand entrance feature (4) 13 Lines of children. Snappy types? (10) 15 Pong! Chip recipe is cutting! (8) 19 Four outside V&A on the way up with a rosette, perhaps (6) 20 Place to rest one’s legs taking some ease at Somerset House (5) 21 TV programme initially severe or at peace (4) 22 Terrible snake in the grass! (5) 24 Appear to sound like a joint (4)