Puzzle Solutions – Edition 89
Crossword

Across:
6 DD D1 = it’s gripping D2 = the speed (clip) at which schoolchildren travel in a train (crocodile) QM for whimsy
8 S (the front off stream) + TRAIN (locomotive) = STRAIN (pull)
9 CHE + CHE (revolutionary twins) + N(egotiate) = CHECHEN (Russian, i.e. they carry Russian passports)
10 CD