DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Direction briefly maintained by gannets (5-9) 9 Scottish speciality goods one has wrapped (6) 10 Like cat burglar, the last to be frustrated by Yard (8) 11 He consumes all old French wine over in Rome, drunk (8) 13 Play about doctor visiting prison (6) 15 Malign titled lady accommodating English fellow (6) 17 Taxonomic division of fruit with extremely healthy core (6) 19 Wonderful mostly sumptuous material (6) 20 A metaphor is meant to contain a pithy observation (8) 22 Recommend a time to tour very old college (8) 24 A salesman goes back into city for household linen (6) 26 Banks regularly discharge these house rules (8,6)

DOWN

1 I bet on and dream, going bust — playing this? (3-5,6) 2 What’s overturned in drinking orgy? (4) 3 Masseur supplying carbonated water in Paris, I hear (6) 4 Working three nights, he and I need this power (8) 5 Trade small amount of cloth (4) 7 Not all enjoy sterilised seafood (6) 8 Teacher’s anxiety following coach on big road (14) 12 Reason big fire stops short of nitric oxide (5) 14 It helps to chew tops of marrow, onion, leek and radish (5) 16 He repairs minute broken chain in City (8) 18 Rogue, say, blocks sign, backing off (3,3) 21 European country, not one wanting food (6) 23 At home tucking into fine pig product? (4) 25 Sanctimonious journalist spotted perhaps (4)

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