DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,810

ACROSS 6 It always goes wrong in helping Victoria, say (7,7) 9 Copper joins a team displaying judgment (6) 10 Drainer’s not as warm with article in it (8) 11 Control soldier ignoring small officer (8) 13 Notice argument that’s lost (6) 15 Start meal around middle of day (6) 17 Join and attend a church endlessly (6) 19 Plain stage exercises (6) 20 Southern Kashmiri manoeuvres avoiding a clash (8) 22 Larry Adler played this nonstop, producing overtone (8) 24 Show poster in refurbished café (6) 26 Armstrong couldn’t leave moon without reaching it (6,8) DOWN 1 Races after line of children showing fake grief (9,5) 2 Covering shoot (4) 3 Artist recruits staff in African state (6) 4 Loyal supporter beginning to outflank new law (8) 5 College’s series of 10 letters (4) 7 Boats remain hauled up outside custom house (6) 8 He does often say this must be fixed before long (3,2,5,4) 12 Take over American insurance company on the up (5) 14 Field yields actual money (5) 16 Soap maybe is inclined to bore church rector (8) 18 Foreign spy beginning to confuse ambassador’s mind (6) 21 Cool depression over France causing rising tide? (6) 23 Old drink of bananas conserving energy (4) 25 Cold fruit counter (4)

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