DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 I am responsible at sea and open to new ideas (14) 9 Girl, 4, recalled European capital (6) 10 John and Virginia visiting city rightwinger (8) 11 Sceptic acting so strangely (8) 13 Tidy jasmine at entrance, forgetting borders (6) 15 Surplus American, English and German clothes (6) 17 Tony arranged to host business magnate (6) 19 Wretched article? Import one for nothing (6) 20 Impartial peacekeepers positioned around island (8) 22 Joey’s sort of unofficial court (8) 24 Number in need of drink ignoring son (6) 26 TUC holds journo in huge respect for what OU offers (5,9)

DOWN

1 Broadcasting trophy on table in clothes store (6,8) 2 Quick trip requiring mostly backbone (4) 3 Leave record in hurry (6) 4 Harry loves college in New York’s ability to pay (8) 5 Speaker’s prepared to go on holiday in Deal (4) 7 Join southern constabulary nonetheless (6) 8 Oddly interesting place (not PC) to find tract (5,9) 12 Louvre mistakenly forfeits rare part of plant (5) 14 A traveller’s fragrance (5) 16 European sign straddles these empty restaurants (8) 18 Puzzle in south of France well understood at first (6) 21 Reveal feature occasionally in estuary (6) 23 Mist rises, obscuring large game (4) 25 Now and then limb fits wader (4)

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