DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Accused of causing riotous

bedlam (6)

5 Encourage, for example,

attempt with pole (3,2)

9 Coach sees precipitation on

junction (5)

10 Pair to put forward present (7)

11 Vegetable from Galilee,

kohlrabi (4) 12 Rider sounds like he’s lost

his voice (8)

16 Utah mansion obscured

tree (8,3)

18 Bridle parts next to each other, appearing gradually (3,2,3)

21 A people’s prayer ending (4)

23 Jo’s bone is altered in

plastic surgery (4,3)

24 Some women do withhold

present (5) 25 In reserve,

separately (5)

26 Cheerful angle one’s

written about (6) Down

2 Overlooks foliage in

blossom? (6,3)

3 Socialise to embrace northern mischief-maker (4)

4 Certificate for wild big cat, one carried by an emissary (10,3)

6 Faux pas at noisy

flat (5)

7 Nothing big like

last letter (5)

8 Some nasty leather

fashion (5)

13 Boy has good

tune (4)

14 Service aimed to develop news agencies (4,5)

15 No more than a fragment of a John Lennon lyric (4)

17 White at present in outskirts of Salisbury (5)

19 Shackles golf

clubs (5)

20 Money needed for

staple food (5)

22 Check precipitation

can be heard (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Maintenance cost (6)

5 Doorman (5)

9 Residence (5)

10 Have a negative effect (on) (7)

11 Starched neck-frill (4)

12 Set, solidified (8)

16 At large (3,3,5)

18 Pub (8)

21 NE England river (4)

23 Motorist’s plan (4,3)

24 Kebab bread (5)

25 Blue-green gem,

or woman’s name (5)

26 Go back (of the hairline) (6)

Down

2 Old golfing gear (4,5)

3 Looked over (4)

4 Strait-laced (4,3,6)

6 Malice (5)

7 Bird with bald and

golden varieties (5)

8 Gyrate (5)

13 Something owing (4)

14 Sickened (9)

15 Loaf around (4)

17 Normal (5)

19 Important atmospheric

layer (5)

20 Stuffed bear (5)

22 Long adventure story (4)