DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Men ached with it, shakily getting over surgery — this sort? (11) 9 Popular sexed up books end with these (7) 10 Pulse increased, absorbing oxygen as starter (3,4) 11 Live back in time (3) 12 Pursue communist’s easy pace (7) 13 Fully trained but banned from flying without leader (7) 14 Politician buys disc cleaner (3) 15 Speak highly of former officer guarding area (5) 17 Small instrument repelled neighbours (5) 18 Glass left for jury (5) 20 Ambassador crosses a street in hurry (5) 22 Writer neglects heather bed (3) 24 It’s hard to breathe where things vanish (4,3) 25 Lose power lines swirling in fierce wind (3,4) 26 Exceptionally greasy fish (3) 27 Dawn French, one in funny series she finally left (7) 28 New joke found in privy in days of yore (4,3) 29 Fix garden light using this sort of bracket? (5-6)
DOWN
1 A golden person, i.e. wrinkled? (3-3,9) 2 Exempt from duty after changing euros, about 10 (3-4) 3 Start filming? (5) 4 Equipment and software an American used to trap informer (9) 5 Count a large superior diamond, say, mounted (7) 6 Could stray migrant attain such a dream world? (5-6-4) 7 Know-how is dominant, prudence included (6) 8 Suit gardeners’ requisites (6) 16 Born with heart out of position? That’s awful (9) 18 Fertiliser container has burst (6) 19 Hiring a single mobile (7) 21 Timeless cross stolen from outside (7) 23 Hold fast gear (6) 25 Thomas the poet harassed lady with nice top (5)
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,495: ACROSS: 1 Lake District. 8 Effendi. 9 Goddess. 11 T-bone steak. 12 Kiev. 14 Unfolded. 16 Unison. 17 Tub. 19 Tisane. 21 Nobility. 24 Brag. 25 Piccalilli. 27 Endemic. 28 Triumph. 29 Countersigns. DOWN: 1 Left off. 2 Kennelling. 3 Drift net. 4 Signal. 5 Redo. 6 Clerics. 7 Destructible. 10 Seventy-eight. 13 Unyielding. 15 Dun. 18 Boycotts. 20 So-and-so. 22 Illumes. 23 Circle. 26 Omen.