CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

1 Kept happy with notice about cause of inspiration (6) 5 Old lover who used to be hot? (5)

9 Conditions some school periods (5)

10 Bit of trouble when behind at tennis? (7)

11 Spoilt child at the heart of celebrations (4) 12 Dyer can travel round lake and

remove dirt (3-5)

16 Park one in cycle shed built with

vivid colour (11)

18 Greatly admire tea, never blended (8) 21 Goodness me! We’ve caught

a duck (4)

23 Serpent at sea can make

one tense (7)

24 Blade goes up and down (5)

25 Needs unusual compact (5)

26 Take away CD, duet awful (6)

DOWN

2 Wrongdoing? It’s normal,

unfortunately (6,3)

3 Band in Kansas, here (4)

4 Lost antidote dries out (13)

6 Badge left on the third man (5)

7 Ah, commander turns up

with coffee (5)

8 Container in ship for cigarette ends (5) 13 About to chop and munch (4)

14 Magnetic around one - mysterious! (9) 15 Expert right by tree (4)

17 Idiot takes article from

European city (5)

19 Weird bird’s nest, by the sound of it (5) 20 Relaxes in azaleas, escaping (5)

22 Grating feature of crossword? (4)