DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Smooth chap, Pole possibly, used to check pupils (14) 9 Winger Manchester recruited from Hanover, say (6) 10 A foreign green area in Wimbledon is hard to find (8) 11 Greylag flies over old waterspout (8) 13 In recession, Yank provided replenishment (4-2) 15 European flower — Strauss’s is blue (6) 17 Polished Radio Tynemouth broadcast (6) 19 Pressure needed to get garment over uniform (6) 20 Smart 50s’ youth Toby dyed curls (5,3) 22 Broadcast take off — from here? (8) 24 Not much pudding (6) 26 For example, exit strategy for Wells Fargo? (5,9)
DOWN
1 Play with leading characters from Richard and Judy? (5,3,6) 2 Fancy wife dominating that bloke! (4) 3 Start to pamper pet in LA? Not true (6) 4 Like some political prisoners supporting church agent? (5-3) 5 Scarper, run off, making racket (4) 7 Left a student crossing river and bay (6) 8 Show range of goods in manufacturing system (10,4) 12 Bottled spirit I injected into DNA? (5) 14 Only bananas contain oxygen? That’s crazy (5) 16 Mount horse for perfect journey (8) 18 Guided tours around Portugal create lethargy (6) 21 Discover 500 sci-fi films, 100 imported (6) 23 Sense timeless expression of relief (4) 25 Bird is concealing its front half (4)
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