DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 14,564, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no later than tomorrow. Please make sure you enclose your name and address.
ACROSS
6 Fresh pears end on top where press is assembled (4,10) 9 Marines horse around in special dance (6) 10 Tour doesn’t finish without handkerchief as a gift (8) 11 Indecent writer’s 9 (8) 13 New version of ‘Merry Meerkat’ lacking a conclusion (6) 15 Child pinching bit of shellfish (6) 17 Puff? Smokers do it continually (6) 19 You managed to acquire name in the navy — Damon? (6) 20 You may need it to ring one about a hoax by Spain (4,4) 22 Cartridge etc. sent back holding something useful (8) 24 Like dog in long tale, chary about a horse (6) 26 Quiet old exbride, one that’s scatty like Diana Dors? (8,6)
DOWN
1 Doctor must earn pay outside? It’s not in keeping (14) 2 Took a dip in bog mostly (4) 3 Tailor helps to dress Conservative in drag (6) 4 He mends cloth on clothes drier (8) 5 Frail garden rose hiding top of aster (4) 7 Kind mother? (6) 8 Sort of cold, dank garage implying intrigue (5-3-6) 12 Refund pence during bad year (5) 14 Scotsman welcomes Joe’s conjuring tricks (5) 16 A big mug of beer in Munich for Albert perhaps (8) 18 Floral cluster in stock, some well out (6) 21 See round a small island with no trouble (6) 23 He’s stuck up poles supported by old barrel (4) 25 Spots expert touring Norway (4)