CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Very fat (5) 4 Official in charge of a train (5) 10 Acting award (5) 11 Illicit (7) 12 Plimsoll (8) 13 Monetary penalty (4) 15 Female parent (6) 17 Japanese dwarf tree (6) 19 Uncommon (4) 20 Children’s game (8) 23 Cooling block for drinks (3,4) 24 Brazilian dance (5) 25 Firm, unyielding (5) 26 Collision (5)

DOWN

2 Meat from a pig (5) 3 Emphasises (8) 5 Unpleasant to look at (4) 6 Gets back, recovers (7) 7 Bird type (5,6) 8 Bereaved wife (5) 9 Camping item (8,3) 14 Music writer (8) 16 Torture (7) 18 At no time (5) 21 Frolics (5) 22 Dense layer of grass (4)