Wednesday 13 May

Across

1 There is no way to make a cut holding a weapon with no tip (3,1,6) 6 Little one eating hot fish (4) 9 French and German articles written by Rose and Roger (10) 10 Some included Dahl’s old tales (4) 12 Clearly identify evil criminal (12) 15 Small bird found in whiskey barrel at sea (7) 16 Discovered your book about origin of Coriolis effect (7) 17 Outside wanting kiss that’s endless (7) 19 12 keeping horse in shape (7) 20 That is horrid news to broadcast (2,5,5) 23 Summit talks shunning both sides (4) 24 Parts of speech? (5,5) 25 Look back across lake to find slender swimmers (4) 26 Jack and Jenny excited to tackle beginning of maths test (10)

Down

1 Part of speech given by The Sound of Music extra accepting Oscar (4) 2 Spruce in yard – it shot up (4) 3 The cable car travels across Norway with complete freedom (5,7) 4 Swimming in tears, becoming more nervous (7) 5 Sausage from Australia one served up after work ended early (7) 7 Hot dog prepared with last of vegetable fat mixture (10) 8 Somehow heads across city’s east side with many cycling (2,3,5) 11 Defenceless targets police trap including one that initially escapes (7,5) 13 Start of short emotional film tackling connection and love (7-3) 14 Struggle with wordplay for ‘floral’? (4-3-3) 18 Ronald’s cooking some bacon (7) 19 Gas upset baby (7) 21 Something growing in street (4) 22 Leaders of private schools start to pay attention (4)