The Scotsman

WEEKEND CROSSWORD

- By Derek Allen

ACROSS

1 Enter building to be ordained (2,4,3,6) 9 Telegraph Office having respect otherwise when it requires complete confidenti­ality (3,6) 10 Aren’t these mountains stable? (5) 11 Communicat­e electronic­ally using bird sound (5) 12 Fellow, one of five going round Peterhead area for dummy model (9) 13 Short jacket to burn with strong flame (5) 15 Type of ship in which eccentric Tom saw Edward (3-6) 17 Suppose worker is in infanticip­ating (9) 19 Sikh merrily incorporat­ed this language (5) 21 Swain to do modificati­on on smooth timber (9) 23 Master said most of it in African language (5) 24 Love affair by a thousand of us (5) 25 Interpret a slattern mistakenly (9) 26 Pleasure one feels _ or hears? (5,2,4,4)

DOWN

1 Easily accessible gate moved over flat surface (3-2-4) 2 Motto of showman not reaching Brazilian city (7) 3 Newark’s greatest current asset (5) 4 Play unskilfull­y during the month rumbustiou­sly (5) 5 Dining in a restaurant, or a field? (6,3) 6 On which one may be taken for a ride (9) 7 Tell story about event at a close election (7) 8 Composer produced handy arrangemen­t (5) 14 Odd person deviating from normal conduct (9) 15 Far too wet sort of meal taken with another (3,3,3) 16 Its diners repulsed by filth (9) 18 In spite ousted, that’s pathetic (7) 20 Mother’s vehicle carrying a cosmetic (7) 21 Bees do it, sun getting quite hot (5) 22 Exhaust pipe (5) 23 Lawgiver started exodus in Stirling, say (5)

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