DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Black Rod welcomes different Home Office society (11) 9 Vera ordered to probe trophy distribution (5-2) 10 Originally Simon’s small bugler, lacking spirit (2,5) 11 Bobby keeps one still (3) 12 He sorts out query when Queen’s in residence (7) 13 Doctor Who is hosting this Parisian entertainment (3,4) 14 Some take the waters here, some perhaps return (3) 15 Went slowly forward, snooped everywhere, missing work (5) 17 Witty remark, for instance, about students (5) 18 Get rid of stunted vegetation (5) 20 Bored, starts to follow every party (3,2) 22 Colour masked by muted yellow (3) 24 It carries traffic through tube (7) 25 Girl I introduced to cricket club in Derby maybe (7) 26 No good abandoning immature solver (3) 27 Army unit doesn’t finish diet (7) 28 A recent broadcast put on again (2-5) 29 Shocking way to dispatch lettuce core perhaps (11)

DOWN

1 Atlantic graveyard where mariner baled tug out (7,8) 2 Lord’s terms exceed time allowed (7) 3 Dwarf’s very quiet in grass (5) 4 Did screen somehow get cancelled? (9) 5 Hold down work with papers (7) 6 Problem with tree causes the middle to crumble (5,3,7) 7 How to enter complex cases involving clubs (6) 8 Weary words spoiled end of story (6) 16 Blondin didn’t use this in staggering feats crossing river (6,3) 18 Long flower always stuck in tin (6) 19 Mum nervously tucked into cheese from the Midlands (7) 21 Flatten out leaves in rice dish I neglected (7) 23 Leave Spain, having enjoyed constant thrill (6) 25 This trinket seen at various auctioneers? (5)

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,353, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked...