CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Better machine? A person with weapon reportedly vetoed it (3-5,6) 9 Bogus order used in Post

Office (6) 10 Income moves forward (8) 11 Trainee in our team thrashed

rival (8) 13 Reserved majority of French

lodges (6) 15 Absorb writer’s good book,

ignoring Latin (6) 17 Talented clubs celebrate on

way back (6) 19 Flee south in English headland (6) 20 County game includes minutes when computer’s out of action (8) 22 Newly appointed in China,

firm intervenes (8) 24 Annie’s stewed bananas (6) 26 Contents of mill split for tiny

fee (10,4)

DOWN

1 Does he mean UK is prepared

for joint problem? (10,4) 2 Land for each university (4) 3 Test swimmer crossing

middle of Wye (3,3) 4 A British student tackling Bellini opera? That‚ Äôs odd (8) 5 Old Anglicans embraced

knight in times gone by (4) 7 Person who’s 17 finds 10p in

oak, say, when climbing (6) 8 Random girl’s cutting frame

(14) 12 Contents of waybill upset

country (5) 14 Warmer couple of players

secure victory (5) 16 Bishop gets about by means

of railway, carrying this? (8) 18 A soldier’s in trouble for

performing slowly (6) 21 Sound from horse, covered

in gorse? (6) 23 I’m sorry, having upset ladle

briefly (4) 25 Try to find religious person

in India on phone (4)