WH Crossword

ACROSS

1 Employ prison warders to intimidate (3, 3, 6, 2) 9 Hero-worshipper (7) 10 Osbert and Sachaverell were artists’ models (7) 11 Enormous tax round the south (4) 12 Produced footwear not without appeal — but overstepped the mark (4, 3, 3) 14 Complained bitterly and made tracks (6) 15 No one in this place is compos mentis (3, 5) 17 Get away with a clip around the ear (5, 3) 18 Mental patients may be treated there (6) 21 A woman holds an airtight container that is unbreakable (10) 22 Mr Ackland’s Chinese idol (4) 24 Good puzzle set by a scone producer (7) 25 Warm woman in the shrubbery (7) 26 Single words expressing personal conditions (2, 4, 3, 5)

DOWN

1 Every year getting seaweed is a tedious business (7) 2 Version containing new rite leads to an exchange of letters (15) 3 Conceal the coat (4) 4 Light American carriage found in Southern England (6) 5 About to pay up and move elsewhere (8) 6 Forever aimless (7, 3) 7 Her afternoon tea is served in quick succession (3, 5, 7) 8 Minister provides a bit of fun in church (6) 13 Endure terrible danger in a riotous assembly (4, 6) 16 Be that as it may, a hairpiece needs support (8) 17 What it costs to produce electricity (6) 19 Rats get their comeuppance (7) 20 Make hay now in whatever way you will (6) 23 Keep on living the French way (4)