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. 15,614, 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 15,611: ACROSS: 6 Ordinary seaman. 9 Enmesh. 10 Chandler. 11 Periodic. 13 Armpit. 15 Cramps. 17 Fedora. 19 Albino. 20 Epidemic. 22 Muscular. 24 Decade. 26 Terra incognita. DOWN: 1 Counterculture. 2 Edge. 3 Unshod. 4 Escapade. 5 Ward. 7 Rococo. 8 American Indian. 12 Iraqi. 14 Moose. 16 Proclaim. 18 Metric. 21 Indigo. 23 Care. 25 Chip. The clue for 11 across in crossword 15,613 should have read ‘Old letter and article back to front (3)’. We apologise for this error. DAILY MAIL New Cryptic Crosswords — pit your wits against 100 of the trickiest cryptic puzzles ever to appear in your favourite paper. This book provides the ideal way to warm up your grey matter for a day’s work, or wind down and relax during those rare spare moments. Available from the Daily Mail Book Shop, call 0844 571 0640 or visit www.mailbookshop.co.uk . P&P free on orders over £15. ACROSS 1 Terminal at hotel governed by regulations (7) 5 Spring course has to be rescheduled (6) 9 Why punishment? (4,3) 10 Drive miles, possibly crossing borders of Peru (7) 11 Arable area or part of it (3) 12 Learning Latin sitting in ornate posh chairs (11) 13 It may summon a GP after surgery to emergency room (5) 14 I opened a US plant rebuilt in Minnesota capital (5,4) 16 A luxury car formerly toured Georgia, showing vanity (9) 17 Way in for competitors (5) 19 Appropriate notice about quartet’s distributed (11) 22 Decline quick swim (3) 23 Elderly relative of majority of top chess players (7) 24 Majestic display by English XI destroyed City (7) 26 A very small student overturning Yankee’s room (6) 27 Removes ruler taken from gym (7)