DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,999

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,999, 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 Dress in clerical robe that’s incompatible (14) 9 Drive off, breaking speed limit, saving time possibly (6) 10 Thoroughgoing expert located (8) 11 Hiker’s a lot more trustworthy without one (8) 13 Secure a dry area at home (6) 15 Annual prematurely appearing by end of January (6) 17 Like rackets Serena regularly designed with gut (6) 19 Mislead a poet about college’s digital protection (6) 20 He notices trendy top teacher’s post (8) 22 Harm motorway’s boss (8) 24 Bar Tennessee state visits (6) 26 Note inserted in new Requiem saved, a very brief note (14)

DOWN

1 My political ire stirred corps in charge of discipline (8,6) 2 What jockey uses to catch first of rivals coming in (4) 3 Comic kicks judge in the eye (6) 4 To walk it after surgery requires power (8) 5 Pudding ingredient succeeded formerly (4) 7 Tablecloths etc. a theatre turned up in New York (6) 8 Drilling nearby disturbed amenity for readers (7,7) 12 Old money smuggled into football club (5) 14 Tie up framework (5) 16 I’d stuck in fancy poles close to shed at an angle (8) 18 Look, union’s blocking shift working (6) 21 Clever fruit salad needs this mixed with aids (6) 23 What’s 22 yards long, missing its middle feature? (4) 25 Group engaged in survival test (4)