DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS 6 Sack given to soldiers on parade (8,6) 9 New rules governing time in province (6) 10 Very close Basque militants suppress tense feud (8) 11 I cured it somehow, producing more waste material (8) 13 Writer’s a god around university (6) 15 Salad ingredient’s excessively dull when eaten (6) 17 Take a spin — it’s great, especially round end of July (6) 19 I’m leaving judge in demesne (6) 20 Prisoner gets beaten reportedly after loud dispute (8) 22 Game bird, owl flies over Austria (4,4) 24 Paul dances around ring with daughter? Send clip (6) 26 Anthracite Glen burnt in this? (7,7) DOWN 1 Long tract? Illness meant it had to be edited (5,9) 2 Black rodent’s a nuisance around the house (4) 3 Ripped T-shirt creates strong desire (6) 4 Good score at Old Trafford’s certain fairly regularly (8) 5 Papers supported by the French unemployed (4) 7 Appropriate watchword for trainee nun (6) 8 Adjust tax fee or cash to show $/£ conversion (4,2,8) 12 Artist grabs university doctor for dance (5) 14 He leaves the bar
in drag (5) 16 Committee to talk about avoiding drink (8) 18 Reptiles surface and start to hunt char (6) 21 Confection not containing unlimited sugar (6) 23 Does once spot
husband (4) 25 Live broadcast in
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