DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,665

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,665, 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.

ACROSS

1 Replace pines chopped up as smoker’s requisites (4,8) 8 Bringing illegal rum into work causes upheaval (7) 9 Interrupt king in lady’s bath (7) 11 A wigeon with flu distressed another bird (6,4) 12 There’s still one in Tibet? (4) 14 Meat slices surely now and then make up this dish (4,4) 16 Laying aside Times, botanist cultivated tiny plant (6) 17 Kick those in odd places (3) 19 To make bubbly takes a very long time, note (6) 21 More expensive yeast creates revolution (8) 24 Handle’s hot at the back of boat (4) 25 Sailor stuck in portaloo makes a fuss (10) 27 In broth, replace duck with fish for a change (5-2) 28 Former husband and clarinettist (7) 29 I’d hosted various presenters scattered here and there (12)

DOWN

1 Left in charge of old impressive entrance (7) 2 Tendency to show regret about royal golf tournaments (10) 3 Earlier charge in court leads to loss of nerve (4,4) 4 Both pairs of bridge opponents retain party funds (6) 5 Curious blaring I ignored (4) 6 News agency foolishly underrates missing DNA (7) 7 RADA employs these carriages (12) 10 Lion in big top trained for stage when he gets angry? (7,5) 13 Boy loves probing missiles and the sounds they make? (5,5) 15 No good abandoning young solver (3) 18 Record one Unionist in box giving last speech (8) 20 Judge drops chorus (7) 22 I ponder over journalist poet’s shed light on (7) 23 Odd drink upended in fracas (6) 26 Section of chromosome yields information on English (4)