SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,607:

ACROSS: 1 Patience. 5 Maniac. 9 Pleasure. 10 Cut off. 12 Clam. 13 Obliterate. 15 Hallucination. 19 Investigation. 23 Corpulence. 25 Shop. 28 Abacus. 29 Estimate. 30 Diktat. 31 Crusader. DOWN: 1 Papacy. 2 Theta. 3 East. 4 Caribou. 6 Acute. 7 Isolation. 8 Caffeine. 11 Fiji. 14 Plus. 15 Haversack. 16 Cog. 17 Aria. 18 Pilchard. 20 Ilex. 21 Accuser. 22 Appear. 24 Uvula. 26 Hoard. 27 Miss.