DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Adore man in debt, ruined, having gambled on this? (3-5,6) 9 German singer picked up brandy (6) 10 European study into wrongdoing produces possible proof (8) 11 One gets out of Fiat to find shells perhaps (8) 13 At home, family reject the Italian? Shame (6) 15 Complex gadget must be labelled (6) 17 Not just somewhere to amuse yourself, topless (6) 19 Bring it home periodically — it often gets stubbed (3,3) 20 Humanitarian body embarrassed and angry (3,5) 22 Redesigned keel’s not put back in frame (8) 24 Tom and family blossom in the woods (6) 26 Boring tool engineer came and put in with practice (9,5)

DOWN

1 Badly-behaved kids deceive nurse, terrified (6-8) 2 High-pitched sound from buzzer on parking (4) 3 Establish radio broadcast before noon (6) 4 Touring Italy, old band is playing hard rock (8) 5 Old church accommodated indefinite number formerly (4) 7 Football team doctor vehemently denied myth (6) 8 Climbers’ ponies sadly can’t be forced into smaller space (14) 12 Dark man on board, by the sound of it (5) 14 Blonde accepts large gift (5) 16 Ultimate net value has to be revised (8) 18 British institute controls French one in sultanate (6) 21 Make sense of marine fish appearing in river (6) 23 Garish uniform nicked by old criminal (4) 25 Bottom of portrait painting requires hard work (4)

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,521, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no l No 15,521