DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Supervisoryminister,spent, immersedenergy in a case (14) 9 Box with rare bowl (6) 10 Pub over here close to supermarket is essential (8) 11 Fancy George IV yielding nothing for adult in distress! (8) 13 Reveal what Salome did (6) 15 Change into suit (6) 17 Silver was one footballer good around goalmouth (3,3) 19 Tool providers ban drink at first (6) 20 He needs specialist’s help regarding blunder in river (8) 22 County performance indicating decline (8) 24 A priest at start and end of homily shows indifference (6) 26 Teaching one poor Nordic country about Thailand (14)

DOWN

1 Pub fad: dance with nothing on but WWII cover (7,7) 2 At the front some men used terminology that’s obscene (4) 3 Wrong turn negotiated after hairpin at end of race (6) 4 Austrian prince works hard to engage Cuba, UK and Spain (8) 5 Nick cast iron cases (4) 7 Small mole buries dead arachnid (6) 8 Dispenser very close by me contains broken china (7,7) 12 What scouts do in playground in front of church (5) 14 Some A-level artwork based on part of palate (5) 16 Incorrectly cite some quite badly, missing end of line (8) 18 British Isles leaders hold old character in sultanate (6) 21 Stole up, seizing American, causing brawl (6) 23 New chef’s starter lacking a corner (4) 25 Tart would be very similar with recipe as centrepiece (4)

No 15,641 PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,641, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postm