CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 6 What hack did after address, avoiding direct quotations? (8,6)

9 Drink’s satisfactory as well as convenient (6)

10 Greek character tours Crete, swimming and so on (8)

11 Golfer twirls round a piano in children’s game (8)

13 Wild cat Leo trained within a month (6) 15 Is pub installing oxygen pressure line? (6) 17 Master replaced selected pupils (6) 19 Woman involves Catholic writer in plot (6)

20 In middle of speech it’s extremely touching for all (8)

22 Deceptively attractive glasses hide credit note (8)

24 High-class French couple steal 50 euros (2,4)

26 Soft wood and chipped firs finish device to clear pipes (8,6)

DOWN 1 Edit parochial epics to do with York, say

(14)

2 Ring writer Frank (4)

3 German hosts Spanish king, showing his

age more? (6)

4 Frighten angry youths under pressure

caught breaking in (5,3)

5 Flat payment concerning conservationists? (4)

7 Could it be green by the end of the century? (6)

8 Gas produced by company in reduced form (6,8)

12 Person from Warsaw traps duck somewhere in Dorset (5)

14 Weird remedy daughter left that’s used in manicure (5)

16 Different names cover individual flowers (8)

18 Rotten condition of records kept by sibling (6)

21 Bear east under rocks (6)

23 Groom horse, having covered miles (4) 25 Duke leaves Yorkshire city the worst bits (4)