Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 24/06/15

Wednesday’s puzzle

ACROSS

1 Score in soccer or another game (7)

5 Got idea about producing bloomer (7)

9 Question that might be answered, because there are customers in the restaurant (3,3,2,7)

10 Steer by most of one county shortly (4)

11 More or less nice to look at source (6,4)

13 Brightly coloured black-and-white animal! (3,5)

14 Kind old fellow, as it were (4,2)

16 Vehicle transported to ark going round island (6)

18 Halt gent performing eventually (2,6)

21 Only yeoman could have a bet (3,5,2)

22 Dim individual in the cart (4)

24 I’m waiting with gardener unhesitantly to neutralise threat coming (9,6)

25 Got cars mixed up with other vehicles (2-5)

26 Revival of interest concerning one’s origin (7)

DOWN

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1 At present second person’s saying he’s making an offer that’s interesting (3,5,7)

2 Second person’s on the staff hiding one gland (7)

3 A sort of smile that’s crooked (4)

4 Gold-ware potentially of inferior quality (3-5)

5 Coming from Glasgow I thus court romantically (2,4)

6 Paper with number of exercises (5,5)

7 Reportedly make attempt to depress spear (7)

8 Another length of mystery on statue (5,2,3,5)

12 He was cornered in the rhyme (4,6)

15 Round for one leaving alien more powerful (8)

17 Games coming from the mount in Greece (7)

19 Good having Scottish footballer, keeper in the country (7)

20 Careless about lady who is not married (6)

23 Cutting remark from top stylist, not Cockney woman (4)

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