CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

6. Resident vet set out personal stake in enterprise (6,8) 9. Spinner beginning to spin with renewed pride (6) 10. Advantageous pay that covers union time (8) 11. Try Cecil out for child’s vehicle (8) 13. Regularly beats bad starter in short ground (6) 15. How often the cereal loses energy? (6) 17. Racket on pier: 50 per cent off seafood (6) 19. Port some passed occasionally, heading west (6) 20. It’s passed down in Russian museum, losing millions (8) 22. Dish of rocket and nuts facing ladies perhaps (8) 24. Plant needing IT to be installed to generate speed (6) 26. They run round rooms, dodging tables (8,6)

Down

1. Olive kept a dram prepared as processed drink (10,4) 2. Buys seeds, occasionally second-hand (4) 3. Crime suspect hides source of tobacco (not Imperial) (6) 4. Fit, like Charlton? (8) 5. Legal infringement upset extreme left-winger (4) 7. Like well-drilled marchers, or a part of them (6) 8. Getting rid of Dubya involved Republican cleaner (9,5) 12. People in Middle East mentioned where cheese comes from (5) 14. Forward area of responsibility (5) 16. Someone who runs services for a service (8) 18. Mob’s throwing Women’s Institute out (6) 21. Judge dealing with fraud involving king (6) 23. Challenge bunch of desperadoes travelling north (4) 25. Fat landowner in Scotland’s gutted (4)