DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
No 15,770
ACROSS
6 I spilt slop container when babysitting? (2,4,8) 9 Cable perhaps left in the same place I picked out (3,3) 10 Writer, for instance, lives in English street (8) 11 Cold Asiatic storms bringing back pain (8) 13 A traveller returns in city to get household linen (6) 15 Charge in court involving policeman (6) 17 Old labourer goes round county, painting on plaster (6) 19 Hardy companion’s bay (6) 20 Using PA system, ignoring time, is a nuisance (8) 22 Unique rulings redrafted to protect amateur (8) 24 Article about Republican poster’s yarn (6) 26 Innovative match beside a lake surrounding nunnery (14)
DOWN
1 Reluctance to criticise list? (14) 2 Small light winter transport (4) 3 Dish, 22, current in Channel Islands (6) 4 Con likely to overcome one’s resistance (8) 5 European sailors lack a desire for what others have (4) 7 Lead round judge first of all to see small home (6) 8 River in Blue Mountains sadly impossible to cross (14) 12 Summer reptile (5) 14 Anaemic and tense — end of story (5) 16 Fellow cuts visit about short youthful infatuation (4,4) 18 Old ward boss Norma nervous about start of treatment (6) 21 Take part in whodunnit with fool (6) 23 Try drinking large whiskey to get warm feeling (4) 25 Stinking row (4)
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,767 — ACROSS: 1 Bacchanalia. 9 Malaria. 10 Rhubarb. 11 Rot. 12 Already. 13 Hydrate. 14 Moo. 15 Evade. 17 Ratel. 18 Medic. 20 Octet. 22 Ram. 24 Manhole. 25 Painful. 26 Spa. 27 Chimera. 28 Shebang. 29 Grandparent. DOWN: 1 Ballroom dancing. 2 Corsage. 3 Hoary. 4 Northwest. 5 Launder. 6 As a matter of fact. 7 Embalm. 8 Abseil. 16 Aforesaid. 18 Mimics. 19 Cholera. 21 Trireme. 23 Malign. 25 Pasta.