SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED

ACROSS

1. Describes two connected houses (4-8)

8. Canopies protecting buildings from the sun (8)

9. Smallish bird with a streaked breast, quite common in the fields of Mallorca in winter and during migration (7)

11. Not this one and not the other (7)

12. Self-importance (7)

13. Perfect (5)

14. Land where maize is grown, Mallorca has many of these (9)

16. Ambidextrous (3-6)

19. Became wan (5)

21. Holiday towns (7)

23. European country bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland (7)

24. Called the windflower, this plant which likes humid zones and once thrived on Mallorca is now becoming a more unusual sight (7)

25. This shrub-sized plant, also known as the fan palm, is the only member of its family to be native to the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands (7)

26. People who are at least 100 years old (12) DOWN

1. Dawn (7)

2. Camphor obtained from oil of the peppermint plant (7)

3. Shamed, having lost respect or honour (9)

4. Flavour (5)

5. Give a false alarm (3,4)

6. Equivocal, avoiding (7)

7. Once completely rural, this area of Palma near to the Son Castello business park is noted for its sport and educational facilities (2,10)

10. Large lizard (6,6)

15. Colourful capsicum and vegetable much enjoyed as a topping on Mallorcan coca, it also has a fair in its honour held in Felanitx in the south-east of the island (3,6)

17. Morally repugnant (7)

18. Travel hub, Mallorca’s Son Sant Joan is the third largest in

Spain (7)

19. The knee-cap (7)

20. Legume used in the Spanish dish lentejas, Mallorcan varieties include the addition of local mushrooms and also the island’s sobrassada sausage (9

22. Rear of a boat (5)