CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Pacify excellent comic forgetting a line, after which he dies? (4,10) 9 Unearthed

primitive canoe (6) 10 Forested area without an old rotten cedar in the middle (8) 11 Spread ice pack over front of head, revealing pulse (8) 13 A superior brand,

sort of brown (6) 15 Former tax

surplus (6) 17 Feel sorry for

rare bird (6) 19 U.S. sitcom’s

toast (6) 20 Hot newspaper writer’s tucking into beer in interval (4-4) 22 Volume had crushed eastern partition on board (8) 24 Top-quality lighting unit found in river (2,4) 26 It helps if reversing stern attitude taken by newspaper (8,6)

DOWN

1 Special venue for comedians, where they get flayed? (14) 2 Actor fancies having this back-combed hairstyle? (4) 3 Put sheep in fold, tightly controlled (4,2) 4 Honour county stable worker recruited by expert (8) 5 Bird’s means of transport (4) 7 Old man drinks whiskey with fruit (6) 8 Real soft drinks — they help brickies work faster (8,6) 12 Hoard money, by

the sound of it (5) 14 Blow up chest

containing rupees (5) 16 Mystic’s baffled about energy influencing whole body (8) 18 Follow broadcast including hotel commercial (6) 21 Most women hug duke, young guy in Edinburgh (6) 23 Roadside check

taken as read (4) 25 Man of the house left gold with daughter (4)

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