SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,752:

ACROSS: 1 Aftereffect. 9 Pea soup. 10 Tremble. 11 Lac. 12 Noonday. 13 Hoaxers. 14 Ski. 15 Nylon. 17 Lofty. 18 Costs. 20 Yield. 22 Off. 24 Acetate. 25 Bristle. 26 Air. 27 Boogied. 28 Al dente. 29 Dead ringers. DOWN: 1 Anabolic steroid. 2 Trodden. 3 Reply. 4 Fat chance. 5 Eyeball. 6 Table of contents. 7 Spines. 8 Feisty. 16 Lay reader. 18 Crabby. 19 Stamina. 21 Dwindle. 23 Feeler. 25 Brain.