DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS 6 New URLs aren’t OK after tweaking? These may be at fault (6,8) 9 Whale, one with unusual bulge at the front (6) 10 Reptile primarily prevalent inland (8) 11 Grandfather clock? (3-5) 13 Attribute first of images to place in Middle East (6) 15 Wind drowns double bass and silly talk (6) 17 Young Conservative plugging northern town’s big wheel (6) 19 Surround ten times, dropping tempo (6) 20 Superior blend of tarragon (8) 22 Put together selection of brass emblems (8) 24 Check in retrospect about very quiet child (6) 26 Brilliant spinner there when I played with Alec (9,5)

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1 Senile litigant bewildered smart people (14) 2 Spiritual teacher raised in Uruguay (4) 3 Arab gesture of respect is unfortunately over before noon (6) 4 Tiny tree has developed for a very long time (8) 5 Audiotapes yield very little (4) 7 Kind disposition (6) 8 Kind genteel sort carries can for rod used in Jersey? (8,6) 12 Banned sailor entering into the bargain (5) 14 Working group leader supporting priest’s point (5) 16 Youth, by climbing one way, finds beetle (8) 18 Shiny material spotted hiding rear half of boat (6) 21 Quickie divorce here disheartens woman celebrity (6) 23 Repeat some wise choices (4) 25 Salesman heads north to obtain island support (4)

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