Guardian Prize Crossword Saturday February 8Th 2014

[catsrcool]

6 &26 Heroines — pursued without energy (8) ?????o?s
10ac Criminal kidnaps extremely naive heroine (6) ???n?t bennet?
15ac One said to be dead cross about love receiving answer (8) ??o?????

[Captain2]

10a Yes Bennet (Criminal = BENT and extremes of NaivE)

[roslyn251254]

6/26 Dashwood
15a doornail - brood reversed + nil (love) with a9answer) inside
dead as a doornail

[catsrcool]

Thank you
so how are you supposed to answer 1d ? which is clued see 26 h?u?e
http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/26178/print

[dannyk13]

House? (Dashwood House for homeless women).

[EMor1]

1D is HOUSE which is the second part of the heroine's name mentioned in 26A

[catsrcool]

Thanks that is what I wanted to put in. Found it a bit strange today.

[maurice]

You're not the only one, catsrcool: at midnight I was flummoxed for the first half hour, and when I'd finished I still found some of the word-play just groan-worthy, to coin a phrase.