DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Smart folk at home still eating bananas, saving energy (14) 9 Amateur crew employs Irish pilot perhaps (6) 10 Having a bicycle repaired but doing without it? (8) 11 They put on coats in loco parentis (8) 13 Immigrant’s reduced earnings (6) 15 The old sailor fired each servile assistant (3,3) 17 Look out fizzy beer if touring Western Australia (6) 19 Helping to perform students’ work (6) 20 Fusileer played piano piece by Beethoven (3,5) 22 Far East carrier almost gets off the ground? (8) 24 Maybe monitor point in Cornwall (6) 26 Was it worn originally by Duke to heckle troop leader? (10,4)
DOWN
1 Corrupt political mire sucks in last of Tory MPs (8,6) 2 I ran into northbound couple (4) 3 Spy cases large European fair (6) 4 When to eat flesh overlapping fruit (8) 5 Something in ashtray raises objections (4) 7 Piece of zinc is easy to etch (6) 8 Doctor runs team, 13 nurses? That’s out of proportion (14) 12 Nosey lecturer supports rocket experts (5) 14 Stroke stomach on left (5) 16 Drivers collect double-parking charge, that’s obvious (8) 18 Carry out operation (6) 21 Change your mind about fast time (6) 23 Phone company covering the Spanish zone (4) 25 Where to see animals Mike shot perhaps (4)