DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,219, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no later than tomorrow. Please make sure you enclose your name and address.
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,216: ACROSS: 6 Hot-water bottle. 9 Grappa. 10 Lacewing. 11 Daiquiri. 13 Renown. 15 Elapse. 17 Assign. 19 Itches. 20 Hay fever. 22 Ice picks. 24 Accent. 26 Blood relations. DOWN: 1 Pharmaceutical. 2 Stop. 3 Malawi. 4 Obscures. 5 Stew. 7 Eclair. 8 Long-windedness. 12 Quash. 14 Naive. 16 Sash cord. 18 Chisel. 21 Yeasty. 23 Pool. 25 Chop.
ACROSS
1 Cocktail may create caries, dentist initially admitted (7) 5 Timeless journey cancelled — it’s far too dear (3-3) 9 I intervened in drama at sea and lost top officer (7) 10 Unequivocally popular line in stage show (7) 11 King of Sicily heads for another island (3) 12 Holding axes, sage monks devised help for mountaineers (6,5) 13 One protected by vicious horn (5) 14 Chef’s wrapping picture for romantic couples? (5,4) 16 Uncertainty about tank for angler (9) 17 Cube consumed during conversation (5) 19 They breed and lactate, including dry one amazingly (5,6) 22 Reject odd helpings of scrumpy to win trophy (3) 23 Source of oil spill in Leeds (7) 24 On regular occasions, prince played cool instrument (7) 26 Hero’s beloved short of a bank perhaps (6) 27 Badgers do it at back of sett to find small tuber (7)
DOWN
1 He hunts better having drunk litres (7) 2 Subject at 7? It comes up in crazy comedic scenes (8,7) 3 AA rival picked up vehicle (3) 4 Mobilise everyone in lines (5) 5 Salesman pretended to keep unit in wellstocked state (9) 6 Air in church corroded lamps (5) 7 Pupils like this place to learn Polish? (9,6) 8 Mineral used by dentists to spot upset in part of mouth (6) 12 Snooze topless out in bracing air (5) 14 Businessman holds money left over for top Met officer (9) 15 Diver upends chunk of iceberg (5) 16 Falsify direct debit in folder (6) 18 Mark’s recruited into job at highest point (7) 20 Youth leader lied about profit (5) 21 I put in complicated trap for forest animal (5) 25 Chef chopped? That’s surprising (3)