CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Improvised funny poem outside curtains (14)
9 Open gallery in gaol designed
to house Joe (6)
10 A few men returned carrying
British hat (8)
11 Judge arranged a set time (8)
13 It’s left to children, say, to
crack clay potty (6)
15 Rubbish trick involving European fellow (6)
17 Unreliable guy ordered
goods (3,3)
19 Made runs — 20 followed by
500 (6)
20 Fleece essayist’s nearest and
dearest (8)
22 Collier welcomes first government bigwig (8)
24 Some hide chum married on
the rebound (6)
26 Atypical match beside a lake
bordering abbey (14)
DOWN
1 Re-enactment of event could
give tourist concern (14)
2 Small label’s not for ladies (4)
3 Graceful runner, one with a
limp sadly, turns up … (6)
4 … in this class in African country mother’s holding (8)
5 Bring up seat (4)
7 Unusual story about English
shellfish (6)
8 Nice lounge bars turned out
completely different (14)
12 Deduce nitric oxide has been
removed from big fire (5)
14 11 hotel clients waste time (5)
16 Settler’s sober about 4 (8)
18 Fellow cut across river for
equivalent of 10p once (6)
21 Loco-free capital (6)
23 Press club (4)
25 Snake’s digestive problem?
(4)