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. 15,509, 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 15,506: ACROSS: 6 Overestimation. 9 Asthma. 10 Ice sheet. 11 Titmouse. 13 Adrift. 15 Uppity. 17 Health. 19 Biceps. 20 Exercise. 22 Unsettle. 24 Facade. 26 Alphabetically. DOWN: 1 Constitutional. 2 Mesh. 3 Deja vu. 4 Amperage. 5 Etch. 7 Toiled. 8 One of these days. 12 Maple. 14 Relic. 16 Test tube. 18 Cement. 21 Effect. 23 Echo. 25 Cola.
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ACROSS
1 Servile, rather like people from eastern Europe? (7) 5 Private chat concerning female in taxi (6) 9 Withdraw nurse again (7) 10 React angrily, putting Republican in awkward corner (7) 11 Nearly always the day before (3) 12 New uni lecturer put down very old papers of no value (4,3, 4) 13 Big bird grabbed by another one (5) 14 Rejig the Swan and Lion to house special relatives (4-2-3) 16 Beat 50 in country in first-class fashion (9) 17 Bush, George H. W.? (5) 19 Spies to spread out, surrounding a U.S. bank strongroom (4-7) 22 Put away penalty every so often (3) 23 Restrain one bishop blocking popular success (7) 24 Hound races around soldiers twice (7) 26 Commemorative sculpture not common in part of U.S. (6) 27 Editor arranged to collect book and went round (7)
DOWN
1 Is it heard coming from mismanaged creches? (7) 2 Had proof that tea needed blending without delay (2,3, 4, 2, 1, 3) 3 Leaders in Eritrean uprising generate fury (3) 4 Spanish article supports new accommodation (5) 5 Team leader’s role and capacity varied around November (9) 6 It develops, not always into a dragonfly initially (5) 7 Thanks school meant to absorb constant learning (15) 8 Harry mowed a field (6) 12 Musical group, one visiting London theatre (5) 14 Constituent of fertiliser, the same as a sort of 15 (9) 15 Mariner tries to keep still (5) 16 Ingredient of cheese, a nice variety son introduced (6) 18 Turned round old gallery in centre of Aberdeen (7) 20 First appearance of bass in broadcast duet (5) 21 Charlotte’s ultimately backing fight (3-2) 25 Tease member (3)