SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,984

— ACROSS: 6 The boy next door. 9 Agenda. 10 Backside. 11 Educated. 13 Attire. 15 Radium. 17 Rebuff. 19 Accrue. 20 Scratchy. 22 Virginia. 24 Thumbs. 26 One-armed bandit. DOWN: 1 Stage direction. 2 Tern. 3 Cobalt. 4 Execrate. 5 Ides. 7 Nobody. 8 Order of the Bath. 12 Cider. 14 Trust. 16 Username. 18 Island. 21 Rattan. 23 Gear. 25 Undo.