CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Latest article about Frank’s term in grammar (8,6) 9 George is happily accommodating hostess overseas (6) 10 A few squaddies about to accept British headgear (8) 11 A friend tours set,

getting cut off (8) 13 Ulster pants

gleam (6) 15 Book flight (6) 17 Welsh woman accepts year as resident in Damascus, say (6) 19 Lyrical moments appearing at regular points in film (6) 20 Chaps worked with SNP to generate spirit (8) 22 Top player’s six tours collapse — nothing gained (8) 24 It’s not acquired in

Britain or Norway (6) 26 Special venue for comics in shambles once (14)

DOWN

1 Issue about this writer’s shrine for as long as anyone can remember (4,10) 2 They’re often evens,

paradoxically (4) 3 What ended in a

drama at sea (6) 4 Small number gather about a thousand as a rule (8) 5 Just open a drink (4) 7 Request in Church Times originally for last resting place (6) 8 U.S. president once arranged game in big truck in Detroit? (3,11) 12 Submarine about to

undergo a refit (1-4) 14 Period of mourning

for god (5) 16 Relative books hotel

inside strip (8) 18 Oars he wielded to

arrive here? (6) 21 Henry VIII’s crest (6) 23 Time to regret

being loyal (4) 25 Obscure brief description of book perhaps (4)

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