CROSSWORD CLUES

See 7 Down Town and administrative headquarters of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (4) D L —, New Zealand Test cricketer who took 5-69 against England at Lord’s in 2008 (7) and 3 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel featuring the character Madame de Franchi (3,8,8) Victor —, rugby union prop; 1992 England Test debutant against Canada (5) 2000 film thriller starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson (11) Figure of speech in which an expression applied to one thing is used to designate another (8) Round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters (7) Daniel Francois —, prime minister of South Africa from 1948-54 (5) Regulatory agency set up in 1986 to oversee the British Gas Corporation (5) Small young herring usually prepared and canned in Norway (4)

ACROSS

1 Roughly built hut (5) 4 Lucifer (5) 10 Sound (5) 11 Amazing event (7) 12 Rough calculation (8) 13 Indian dress (4) 15 Abrupt rejection (6) 17 Gavel (6) 19 Percussion instrument (4) 20 Improving the appearance only (8) 23 Windpipe (7) 24 Examination of accounts (5) 25 Simple song (5) 26 Confuse (5)

DOWN

Lift up (5) Take the best part from (5,3) Hairstyle (4) Acknowledge publicly (7) Question closely (11) Vacuous (5) Give or feel in return (11) Agricultural worker (4,4) Below (7) Holy book of Islam (5) Relating to the sea’s movement (5) 22 Skinny (4) 2 3

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