DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Clothes store’s showing trophy table (6,8) 9 Seafood swindle on pier, front half only (6) 10 Tarpaulin perhaps too chill at sea (8) 11 Greek hero of assorted fussy odes fellow ignored (8) 13 Immigration data about 50 Welsh (6) 15 European dreadfully slow casing British joints (6) 17 Take no notice of topless Italian gent (6) 19 Evaluate female beast of burden? (6) 20 Rare sporting achievement that perplexed Richard (3-5) 22 Arab lad’s organised somewhere to buy raw food (5,3) 24 Comic’s over hugging posh females for a laugh (6) 26 New ring’s all lit up — for this sport? (3-2,9)

DOWN

1 Event arranged by dancers in autumn around September 1st? (5-5,4) 2 Early carriage disheartened Trojan king (4) 3 Not ready to pick up rein, having been tossed (6) 4 Schoolchildren study this magician’s work? (8) 5 It’s used to wrap food hamper (4) 7 Hard to please head office wearing warm jacket (6) 8 How many euros to the pound in tax fee or loose coins? (4,2,8) 12 Island’s given up fur (5) 14 Lay out smallest room in France (5) 16 Wife has unusual black bird in basin (8) 18 Children are running round front of geriatric ward (6) 21 Hose this GT after overhaul (6) 23 Keen to help, carrying 5 (4) 25 Move secretly, following drunk (4)

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