DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 It always was involved in helping Victoria for one (7,7) 9 Brawl in a very noisy shaft (6) 10 Hang about following mother to feign illness (8) 11 Form wrong view of e.g. endless music DJ played (8) 13 A priest at start and end of homily shows indifference (6) 15 Pub at back of theatre that’s been there since day one (6) 17 Tension created by southern transport (6) 19 Base chalk, a limestone extract (6) 20 Roughly insert different container (8) 22 Sort of income posh editor accepts? Almost nothing at first (8) 24 A Republican probes explosive in sea (6) 26 What hungry eaters do for military training? (7,7)

DOWN

1 Trade one’s fields for pedestrian refuges (7,7) 2 Someone who secures big cat? Good going! (4) 3 What swinger did in leather, or so they say (6) 4 Firm beginning to get round revised law (8) 5 Lay out fruit upside down (4) 7 Mary, annoyed about setter, makes whining sound (6) 8 Old writer gave four points for generosity (4-10) 12 Rebel leaders advanced after project involving navy (5) 14 Gather together a service (5) 16 Adjust integral plane figure (8) 18 A small volume stuffed with papers and one cutting (6) 21 Overhead threat from crazy businessmen without sense (6) 23 Nearly shut prince up (4) 25 Revolutionary English teacher gets increase (4)

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