CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Performer who is highly strung (9,6) 9 Sound cheap wine (5) 10 Apparent communication that is senseless (9) 11 Coming from Avignon with us for wine (9) 12 Be of use to one getting in bubbling lava (5) 13 Firm with Ronald taking a coloured ring (6) 15 American desert includes mountains (5) 18 Smallest number taking field way (5) 19 Now and again and again (6) 22 Loop on the French board (5) 23 Surreal art, Ken met canvas creator (9)24 Hollow in ground filled with drink? (9) 25 New York member has hour with larva (5) 26 Not the first time it’s a period of harmony after the match (6,9)

DOWN

1 Key member of staff (6) 2 How most plants mature (4,2) 3 Face misfortune, accept one weight on the feature (4,2,2,3,4) 4 Definitely not in twice (3-3-3) 5 Lady’s excellent section (5) 6 Show cash, it is paid to celebrity present at event (10,5) 7 Kay with mad aunt travelling to capital (8) 8 Solitary sort of cavalier (8) 14Daniel ran out of hormone (9) 16 Duckbill or scaly tailless animal (8) . . . 17 . . . Almost pleasant tailless animal first in old language (8) 20 Out on a limb or two (6) 21 Mischievous child lurching within (6) 23 Saw part, a hard whitish object (5)