SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,631:

ACROSS: 6 Recommendation. 9 Memoir. 10 Mackerel. 11 Synopsis. 13 Thrift. 15 Rheumy. 17 Oddish. 19 Sweats. 20 Sawhorse. 22 Dive-bomb. 24 Libido. 26 Escape velocity. DOWN: 1 Creepycrawlies. 2 Echo. 3 Smirks. 4 Educated. 5 Stye. 7 Enmesh. 8 One of these days. 12 Omega. 14 Rhino. 16 Misnomer. 18 Usable. 21 Wallop. 23 Exam. 25 Brio.