SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,685:

ACROSS: 1 Assassinated. 8 Ignoble. 9 Digress. 11 Helicopter. 12 Magi. 14 Horrific. 16 Bartok. 17 Pan. 19 Nutmeg. 21 Mastodon. 24 Earl. 25 Affiliates. 27 Science. 28 Augusta. 29 Dispossesses. DOWN: 1 Annular. 2 Subscriber. 3 Sheep dip. 4 Indeed. 5 Alga. 6 Elegant. 7 Righthanders. 10 Spick and span. 13 Cartridges. 15 Cam. 18 Navigate. 20 Termini. 22 Detests. 23 Afters. 26 Snip.