Times Crossword

Across

1 Hard negotiation tactic succeeded in doing rather badly (5,7)

9 Puzzle about what American restaurant staff may do (5)

10 Surveys short public struggle with introduction of sanctions (9)

11 Cheeky kid given teddy occasionally played around (8)

12 At the end, pour in sauce quickly (6)

13 Range covered by a minister (8)

15 Couple drinking pub’s Australian beer (6)

17 Trendy food lacking the first hint of anything natural (6)

18 Bakers can use these good sieves (8) 20 Penny-pinching company secures great deal (6)

21 Children primarily linger outside small arcade (8)

24 Belfries designed to incorporate a type of sculpture (3,6)

25 Bottle used for predinner vermouth (5)

26 Peanuts, for example, are shelled inside fancy cast iron pot (5,7)

Down

1 Lease removed from particular sort of car (7)

2 Bird bones and bare dirt scattered alongside river (5,9)

3 Follow it out of bathroom, often? (5)

4 Old hutch hidden in tall grass is unlocked again (8)

5 Heartfelt, extremely distinctive collection of songs (4)

6 Hole flipping full of rats? Don’t worry about it! (5,4)

7 Machine enabling you to put your own pop into cans? (8,6)

8 A playwright read out On The Beach (6)

14 Spectre flying around that is frightening in the extreme (9)

16 Very productive expert has most of career in charge (8)

17 New, inexperienced journalist overwhelmed by two oppressive people (6)

19 Operator certainly bored by nothing ultimately working (7)

22 Private person who’s offended possibly rejecting society (5)

23 Pasta spot close to Bari (4)