DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Uncle Brian goes off, perhaps disguised (14) 9 What’s to be done to finish within range? (6) 10 From the start, a large pine guarded a lake (3,5) 11 Prudish American protecting his city’s flowers (8) 13 Stroke worries swimmer at first (6) 15 English clubs invested in promising formula (6) 17 Pull over in wild fen and swamp (6) 19 Like this clue for ‘a rood’? (6) 20 Alert, we had managed to trap opener (4-4) 22 The alternative to small carrot? (3,5) 24 Form of worship adopted by spiritualists (6) 26 Casual tailored suit with nice sunhat (14)

DOWN

1 Crude minority gathers rupees, a third pointlessly, say? (6,8) 2 Architect partly oversaw renovations (4) 3 Small stroke that may be hard to interpret (6) 4 This Oz pot and ute could be ineluctably ruined (8) 5 Signal to stop cold shower (4) 7 Like fallow fields, windy around third of farm (6) 8 Groom fences a furlong, showing stoicism (4-10) 12 Virile chairman rings chief (5) 14 French wine is mostly harsh to English (5) 16 It’s cheap, nasty, and it imitates other works (8) 18 Church sanctions cover European clogs (6) 21 City was bitter after revolution (6) 23 Stamped addressed envelope contains note, not nuts (4) 25 Old king has uniform and dancing costume (4)

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,651, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no l