SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,673:
ACROSS: 1 Compost heap. 9 Tenured. 10 Retinue. 11 Icy. 12 Bicycle. 13 Pianist. 14 Ewe. 15 Other. 17 Nasty. 18 Socks. 20 Try-on. 22 Ant. 24 Lumbago. 25 Stroppy. 26 Too. 27 Cantata. 28 Bayonet. 29 Yellow River. DOWN: 1 Conscience money. 2 Morocco. 3 Oldie. 4 Tory party. 5 Entrain. 6 Pencil sharpener. 7 Stable. 8 Gently. 16 Hot potato. 18 Solace. 19 Sea wall. 21 Nureyev. 23 Trysts. 25 Sober.