SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,569:

ACROSS: 1 T-shirts. 5 Secede. 9 Machete. 10 Tally-ho. 11 Own. 12 Materialise. 13 Abyss. 14 Slingshot. 16 Drainpipe. 17 Marsh. 19 Morning Star. 22 Bib. 23 So-and-so. 24 Reagent. 26 Meteor. 27 Encrypt. DOWN: 1 Tombola. 2 Hackney carriage. 3 Rye. 4 Sweet. 5 Saturnine. 6 Calla. 7 Daylight robbery. 8 Modest. 12 Mason. 14 Swing door. 15 Gamer. 16 Damask. 18 Habitat. 20 Indie. 21 Terse. 25 Arc.