CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Titanic swindle involved couple from one cell (9,5) 9 Boss associated with one old filmmaker (6) 10 Award medal to environmentallyminded royal in time (8) 11 Musical Mark arranged scales in Belgium and France (4,4) 13 Lackey dressed in

short skirt? (6) 15 It’s unusual to find tracks circling small Argentina city centre (6) 17 Stain where plant

receives fertiliser (6) 19 Graduates protect

old black tree (6) 20 On which to find bishop sedated after surgery? (8) 22 The sixth actor managed to grasp current state (8) 24 Feature of capital’s very old instrument (6) 26 Easily hurt, Stephen is very distraught about island (14)

DOWN

1 ITV are ritually transforming a simulated environment (7,7) 2 American in plot

shows foresight (4) 3 Way to rumble and

ramble (6) 4 Put dull-sounding supporter in restaurant (5,3) 5 People were carrying water container (4) 7 Organise overdraft provided in county’s banks (6) 8 At ‘Hamilton’, Anne prepared for rousing song (8,6) 12 Tangled brush – or

part of it (5) 14 Dark man on board

heading off (5) 16 US bo tree weirdly having swollen roots (8) 18 Get old boy one in

can (6) 21 Free rock video

finally edited (6) 23 Gather up swarm (4) 25 Set call up (4)

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