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. 15,758, 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 15,755:
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ACROSS
1 Hotel with a jetty keeps punters initially more content (7) 5 Chap beside river is dressing in field (6) 9 Toy book, extremely tacky (7) 10 Would wearing a trendy one make you hot under the collar? (7) 11 English king owns one organ (3) 12 Shop assistant presses on mobile, obtaining a line (11) 13 Authority keeps mum (3-2) 14 It’s shocking, just after start of film (9) 16 Slapdash accident? (3-3-3) 17 Kitchen device that could be a tonic (5) 19 Rob utilises ridiculous protective clothing (6,5) 22 Beer plant needs hard work (3) 23 Unguarded fire with swirling smoke that’s irritating (7) 24 Skate perhaps in this sort of legwear (7) 26 Popular nurse is mean (6) 27 Cheap tyre worried trader touring Spain (7)
DOWN
1 Squat on these large pieces holding ruler (7) 2 Very skint, crept off with nothing, penniless (7-8) 3 Unwell? Tablet releases pressure (3) 4 Two men belonging to top family (5) 5 It indicates negative value — or less (5,4) 6 Corner of market offering some electronic heaters (5) 7 Vary fees or tax to adjust currency ratios (5,2,8) 8 Think about names for culinary plant (6) 12 Deride small crop (5) 14 Stone in remote old field indicates rural buildings (9) 15 Smell American component of soil (5) 16 Sunburn regularly punctures man’s excessive pride (6) 18 Reckoned place is hidden in grass (7) 20 European staff, upset, run away secretly (5) 21 Gather stylish judge is on the rise (5) 25 He puts away too many shorts in odd places (3)