CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Noel’s postal greetings (9,5)

9 Coup cuts supply within parish boundaries (6) 10 Start changing, say, variable plan of action (8)

11 Henry meets seaman in Dubai complex not far from here (3,5) 13 Stop and speak to current fellow on street (6) 15 Subtlety is disregarded during plague (6) 17 Three-quarters of dose for Florence’s family (6) 19 Attempt to surround old superior westbound vessels (1-5) 20 Auditor left entries

in a mess (8) 22 Play cup-and-ball with European that’s responsible (8) 24 Register fastest

time perhaps (6) 26 Attribute first apparent in person in charge (14)

DOWN

1 Cleaner getting rid of

tangled shrub (9,5) 2 Insignia of a Royal

Mail Ship (4) 3 A tortuous maths problem involving tubes (6) 4 Extract of code man resubmits reflecting ID (8) 5 Quarter animal, the

first to be unloaded (4) 7 Service provided for mountainous region (6) 8 Absorb booklet I’ve sent in for canal system (9,5) 12 American lawyer keeps

stuff for theatre (5) 14 This writer’s introduced

to revolutionary ring (5) 16 Discount odd bits of coal bachelor kept in shed (8) 18 Do fellow Anglicans

receive shelter? (6) 21 Sally bewildered

Tories (6) 23 Trim couple

picked up (4) 25 Capital maybe Italian’s hidden in case of cutlery (4)