DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,918

ACROSS

1 See one visiting doctor with measles occasionally (7) 5 Slander titled lady hugging English fellow (6) 9 Struggle with inability to relax? Not half (7) 10 In the middle of anxiety, medical officer enters (7) 11 Priest entertained by Gore Vidal (3) 12 Pine nuts lodged in bend in basin (7,4) 13 Counter bishop stopping salary (5) 14 British servant now and then gets shiners (5,4) 16 Your hands should be treated without water (9) 17 Exclusive ring encircling bull (5) 19 I’m fit to manage cosy home, one that’s priceless (11) 22 Suppress joke (3) 23 Captain keeps this old country in view (7) 24 District bordering Bishop street is up to date (7) 26 Condition of semiconsciousness flummoxed Proust (6) 27 Guide fits in, for example, to meet expectations (7)

DOWN

1 A little early moisture expected, say, to decrease (7) 2 Merry, like manager of rowers? (3,4,3,5) 3 What clients do in restaurant each time (3) 4 Employ specialist, not priest (5) 5 She added a bust — it’s what tidy gardener does (9) 6 Female sailors catch old women’s disapproving look (5) 7 Nagging family annoyed boat examiner (10,5) 8 Poles test a kestrel to some extent (6) 12 Crucial journalist scored (5) 14 Publisher who receives 8? (9) 15 East American informer lifted item of cutlery (5) 16 Eccentric lady welcomes six with enthusiasm (6) 18 Correctly supply hotel at intervals by end of May (7) 20 Privates stand upright in best group of soldiers (5) 21 Section of orchestra showing nerve (5) 25 Pest caught in camera trap (3)

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