DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Things blend in badly — small problem in dark (5,9) 9 Writer retrieving cat ‘Fluff’ (4,2) 10 Fortify doctor in Seattle, losing head (8) 11 Collectable items? He reaches 1000 in record time (8) 13 Uncover nearly all mail found in SW river (6) 15 Face one tense girl who’s lost energy (6) 17 Bouquet husband sent back includes head of scented herba (6) 19 Pulse disturbing intellectual? Not half (6) 20 Hide under edge of skirt (8) 22 Mix business and drinks with Anglicans (8) 24 Subtle distinction observed in Germanic etymology (6) 26 Mistakes deceive 10 guards, petrified (6-8)
DOWN
1 Record prizes amazed 5 in area for start-ups (10,4) 2 A long time removing odd characters from Tangiers (4) 3 Stage exercises in Siberian grassland (6) 4 B. Bryson novel about English superior attitude (8) 5 One initially useless egg (4) 7 Room to turn wheel, missing hospital by a yard (6) 8 Independent having no need for guys? (4-10) 12 Praise former singer, last to leave (5) 14 Head clutches school stick (5) 16 Sick American soldiers meet May at last? That’s unreal (8) 18 Move very loud European during performance (6) 21 What top detective did, badly off (6) 23 Lake and river bait (4) 25 A piece of this is easy to get hard (4)