DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Tingling feeling, parking in smooth pine leaves (4,3,7) 9 Sailor’s repeated problem with choppers (6) 10 Duggie arranged to keep the same leading pet (5,3) 11 It’s delightful abroad, travelling with the French (8) 13 Amount specified does strangely include a grand (6) 15 Union soldier who’s in front of Zulu? (6) 17 British Isles leaders preserve old letter for sultanate (6) 19 Brandy can turn cold when returned (6) 20 Lighten load, taking top off sunburned bust (8) 22 Dimension of plane following Spanish borders (8) 24 Charge everyone in the Republican party (6) 26 Best ever holiday interrupts logging (6-8)

DOWN

1 Growing in status, Pru lady foolishly retains work phone (8,6) 2 Bird that’s often seen in wood (4) 3 Replace zebra crossing at last in European capital (6) 4 Fox, savage, plunges into drink (8) 5 Changed gear, maintaining slight advantage (4) 7 Measure a bit of work over in river (6) 8 I’ve had it in one huge housing complex (6,2,6) 12 Dispute name appearing in bankruptcy (3-2) 14 Fly over new detection system at sea (5) 16 A director blocks flight stunt (8) 18 Carpet smuggler (6) 21 Jaguar, say, brings charts now and then (3,3) 23 Decrepit old lag here? (4) 25 Bet boy’s pinched one (4)

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