Crossword 1. Twin words.

Each across clue leads to two words. The longer is the shorter plus one leading letter. E.g 'Goblin walk(5)' could clue 'troll' and 'stroll'. The shorter word goes in the diagram. Down clues are normal.

Across:
7. Charging for glorifying (8)
9. Correctly by mouth (6)
10. Pondered and sued clumsily (4)
11. Rubbish fragmentation (10)
12. Can be believed and make possible (6)
14. Odd altitude for banal remark (8)
15. Prying and catching sight of (6)
17. Picks one out and puts into office (6)
20. Favoured but required to sit exam again (8)
22. Edging along, wasting time (6)
23. Ordered in advance (10)
24. A dish long overdue (4)
25. To this or to that (6)
26. Speaks cruelly of isolated residents (8)

Down:
1. Allows perfumes, we hear (8)
2. Did include a point and perished (4)
3. Distressed cleric in the ring (6)
4. House, a lazar-house, a sick house (8)
5. Attractive mix, a calm tinge (10)
6. To mislay in disk (6)
8. Tree knots right in crude slang (6)
13. Cove sounds like entombs wax myrtle fruit (10)
16. Ran about deserter or story-teller (8)
18. Legislative leaders concoct treasons (8)
19. Proverbs 1:500 grows old (6)
21. Equalled late in the day, a sorry end (6)
22. Brave to win Diana's heart (6)
24. Tops slid in confusion (4)