CROSSWORD

Clues across

6. Role sailor played going back into an unpleasant situation (3,4) 9. It’ll be unsatisfactory as a temporary lodging (6) 10. A quiet roll of thunder? Ask for superior hearing (6) 11. Performed again as one did in opposition (7) 12. Stirred men up about what the manager did every 12 months (3,5) 13. Acted with feeling having been kicked downstairs, beheaded (6) 14. Just like a blond, also conventional (4-3-6) 18. Gap appears as a hut is rebuilt (6) 21. Mats for citizens of Hokitika (8) 23. Unshaven doctor a sure hit (7) 24. Unfinished article on cereal crop appears several times (6) 25. Cheating at the peacekeepers’ carnival (6) 26. The ultimate bit of sex: tremendous (7)

Clues down

1. The kind of table made from the wood of a deciduous tree? (4-4) 2. Drooping with rising breezes around a tropical island (3,5) 3. Scratch with a dishevelled beard (6) 4. The polar meltdown produces an excessive amount (8) 5. Tamper with an Olympic award, say (6) 7. Nasty threat – no end of war – in letter from Athens (5) 8. Dodgy spy made me rich with a fraudulent business (7,6) 15. Travel in style for half time (8) 16. A sum for new tint applied in place of wharfies (8) 17. Nice herd management added nutrients to the soil (8) 19. Home worker is under control (2,4) 20. Escort does risqué dancing (6) 22. Casual shirt has Irish on it to be concise (5)