DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

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6 Old writer cares about a mixture of needs, showing tolerance (4-10) 9 Rider perhaps left in grounds (6) 10 Pick fruit etcetera regularly coming in (8) 11 Bill boards flight for adventure (8) 13 Obstruct one politician and former PM briefly (6) 15 Spanish article on Muslim pilgrim backing prophet (6) 17 Family members in Wales moved, avoiding English (2-4) 19 Idiotic American reverses in a secondary road (6) 20 Upper-class couples cross street where they live? (8) 22 Creative subject suits nurses just about (4,4) 24 Two queens, first one over time a victim of her faith? (6) 26 Sweeping statement made by Elizabeth during production (14)

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1 Peer’s blog, I see, needs editing? It’s his duty (8,6) 2 Some nurses welcome list of courses (4) 3 A way of working on English graduate’s tiny animal (6) 4 Italian, surprisingly naive, keeps goal (8) 5 Good conservationists control a pest (4) 7 Check up about very quiet kid (6) 8 Youngster’s idol turned out unbearably boring (4-10) 12 Gold-plated cube, the last word in Paris? (5) 14 La Paz rebuilt its square (5) 16 Local councillor and nearly all the German staff (8) 18 Smile wryly eating first of ugly breakfast (6) 21 Like ape inserting one object upright in tin (6) 23 Take top off water-carrier to make another (4) 25 Track bird (4)

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