CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Surrey town celebrates introducing royal committees (7,7) 9 It’s OK to eat and stay over

with the French (6) 10 Headgear for each one, worn in Georgian society primarily (8) 11 A couple touring place gets

cut off (8) 13 Get big end and a gear fixed

here (6) 15 Victory was his in more ways

than one (6) 17 Race over small bends (6) 19 Hint to Spain: move carefully

(6) 20 Perfect runner tripped over

one close to falling (8) 22 Wear these when destroying

knapweeds heartlessly? (4,4) 24 Troops relax outside tourist

centre (6) 26 College girl: ‘I lie about a

grade’ (14)

DOWN

1 Repair West Indian loom, lacking depth (3-11) 2 Seize short canal boat heading

north (4) 3 Films came in after being

edited (6) 4 Song nearly made a girl dizzy

(8) 5 Pack tons into broadcast (4) 7 Good work by that woman

tunneller (6) 8 Promise token, booking call

(10,4) 12 A place to sleep in Brittany

that’s dark (5) 14 Does he regret pinching large

stationery item? (5) 16 Exaggerated time saved by

drinks dispenser (8) 18 Cloth mostly covering English breakfast (6) 21 Wear a different variable

hearing aid (6) 23 It’s not hard contributing to

Save As You Earn (4) 25 Hide son with other relatives

(4)