DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Pacify excellent comic missing a line? He may die after it (4,10) 9 Put DIY away and sort things out (4,2) 10 Hothouse Roy rebuilt to accommodate stove (8) 11 Look round dilapidated croft unscathed (4-4) 13 Top European ambassador visiting poor (6) 15 Start to unmask group (6) 17 Clip from ‘The Avengers’ conveying delight (6) 19 Stick man in the centre (6) 20 Pity about sick Croat becoming Brussels official (8) 22 Priest exercises in Spain, playing wind instrument (8) 24 It’s obvious I must set out to quell resistance (6) 26 Brass hat, a German unusually, makes firm leader (7,7)
DOWN
1 Dark bar’s cocktail of alcohol and a pectin (5,9) 2 Ambivalent moment after judge leaves (4) 3 Anger salesman encountered heading north (6) 4 South Carolina mob’s game (8) 5 Sharp pain upset good sleep (4) 7 Fake call, the last of many (6) 8 Preliminary events bewilder erratic Russian (7-7) 12 Old tax article includes it (5) 14 Briefly own old college ruin (5) 16 Relax, refreshed, hosting English politician and model (8) 18 What’s thrown from boats and planes in the morning (6) 21 Overweight staff consume a large quantity of drink (6) 23 Glimpse tower being erected (4) 25 Choice of four gears needed to generate drive (4)