WEEKEND CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 New trace in type of washing powder concerned with science of microscopic organisms (15) 9 Criticised wild dog initially (7) 10 Indicate fellow impresario (7) 11 Sixty, but most of the batsmen get a duck (10) 12 One lady reportedly had Indian potato (4) 14 Sorry Penny on the radio took wine (8) 15 It is light yellow and soft in marshy ground (6) 17 Philippa’s trying to include some flour dough (6) 18 Vegetable from South American capital (4,4) 21 Ancient city held in the continental bait (4) 22 Criminal’s masculine element (10) 24 Composition by Tom in refashioned coat (7) 25 Friendly understanding from ten repeatedly moving by the point (7) 26 Skin-deep operation? (8,7)

DOWN

1 Public transport can be brought to a halt here (3,4) 2 Hide one’s movements that’s more difficult to do after a snowstorm (5,4,6) 3 Whiskers? (3,7) 4 Including another 50 leaving speeding up childbirth (8) 5 Result, flickering brightness (6) 6 and 23 Kind to identify having favourable reputation (4,4) 7 Having subordinate clauses is it difficult to serve? (7,8) 8 See green! (7) 13 From Near East, LP that’s more agreeable (10) 16 Not having occasion to be immortal (8) 17 Sagacious, almost civil and in charge (7) 19 Tend, on the railway, plot for young plants (7) 20 Remote in South America, single expedition (6) 23 See6